後ごの先せん

noun

counterattack after defense; striking after parrying

Martial arts term: a tactic where one immediately counters after blocking or evading an opponent's attack. Often contrasted with 先の先 (attacking before the opponent) and 対の先 (attacking simultaneously).

See also: 返し技 (かえしわざ)

• 彼かれは後ごの先せんの達たつ人じんで、相あい手ての攻こう撃げきを受うけ流ながしてから素す早ばやく反はん撃げきする。

  He is a master of go-no-sen, parrying the opponent's attack and then quickly counterattacking.

• 剣けん道どうでは、後ごの先せんを取とることが重じゅう要ようとされる。

  In kendo, it is considered important to seize go-no-sen (the initiative after the opponent's attack).