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It most certainly is hahahah... But it's a very rare occurrence, and it only ever works if you catch your opponent "sleeping".

The way it is shown here you would be right. But normally a makiwaza would be followed up by an attack, kote or men after a makiotoshi, and often a kote or dou after a makiage. The way as shown in the video is also somewhat slower compared to how it is performed during jigeiko or shiai (for demonstration purposes), so you can imagine how fast you need to be to perform it reliably. Furthermore, it only works if your opponent is somehow unprepared for the technique. So to recognize a situation in which you can actually do the technique, as well as have the skill to do it to begin with requires quite a lot of practice. The person doing the technique in the video is a young 7th dan kendoka with a lot of shiai experience, and a lot of experience with this particular technique, so the way he does it looks very smooth indeed. In practical terms, if the technique is performed correctly, during shiai, it usually causes your opponent to lose their shinai resulting in them receiving a hansoku. The best case is that they lose their shinai and you are able to perform a follow up attack which awards you an ippon more quickly than if you had done the attack without the makiwaza. In both cases it has a high likelihood of really shaking up your opponent mentally, making them more easy to read and more susceptible to your actions afterwards.

@@zimujova-martialarts8458 Its been a little over a year now, and im improved alot in kendo thanks to my 7th dan teacher, im really glad to have him, and although you text is late, im very very thankful, its better than never. im excited to put this into my free-training where i can try this out but its still holidays so ill have to wait to try it out :)

@@perialis2970 if you want to try it I suggest you practice harai waza first and keep that feeling in mind when trying makiwaza, because the setup is very similar. Good luck!