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[Edited by Ron Tisdale on 10-17-2000 at 10:19 AM]
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[Edited by Ron Tisdale on 10-17-2000 at 10:19 AM]
Greetins,
It would seem to boil down to a comparison between...
What Iai is... vs.
What Iai was...
To paraphrase..
Iai am what Iai am.
Cheers,
Ulf,
I agree with you 100%. Why are a few teachers now wearing wakizashi/maezashi?Is it possible to draw MSR-style if wearing Daisho? We'll, who said any MSR swordsman was wearing Daisho?
[to others] Please don't tell me it's because the samurai wore daisho as a badge of rank!
Wearing daisho in MJER and MSR is simply an affectation. I've yet to see a photo of Oe sensei, Hakudo sensei or others of that period wearing daisho. But, I've seen a few modern teachers wear a wakizashi --- why? The shoto waza were purged from the current curriculum.
I think it is fine to wear daisho as an experiment to try to puzzle out how things were done prior to the haitorei. But to give the impression that wearing shoto is part of the system is just plain misleading.
Of course, this mini-rant does not apply to koryu who have maintained their tanto/kotachi/shoto/tanken waza.
If you are a reader who currently trains in MJER/MSR (or any or other iai that does not traditionally wear daisho), please tell me why you do.
Curiouser and curiouser,
Guy
Guy H. Power
Kenshinkan Dojo