Please help me pronounce wind

[JeremyDillon]

I feel a little silly asking this, but I've only so far read the word 'wind' as it relates to swordsmanship, and have never heard it spoken. Is it pronounced like the wind in "The strong wind blew over the shed." or is it pronounced like the wind in "Could you wind up that clock, I think it's stopped."? Thanks, I'm discussing winding for the first time with some new members of our little practice group here and I don't want to misinform.

[Stacy Clifford]

The term relates to the circular motion of "winding around" the opponent's sword and is pronounced like "wind a clock".

[JeremyDillon]

The term relates to the circular motion of "winding around" the opponent's sword and is pronounced like "wind a clock".

Thanks so much, Stacy. I had assumed that that was the meaning, but I've learned that such assumptions, especially in the realm of linguistics and phonetics, are generally a bad idea.

[Richard Strey]

Actually, the first option is quite close to the German pronounciation, which would sound much like "The strong vind blew over the shed." Heh. Stacy's answer is correct, obviously, seeing how winding up a clock and winding on a sword refers to the same verb ("moving in a circular fashion/around something").

[Mike Cartier]

vinden

[Shane Smith]

Es ist "vinden". Mike hat recht