TEXT: daisho, from Joly's Sword and Same book

[John Lindsey]

Taken from the book: The Sword and the Same by Henri Joly, 1913 edition.


Dai sho (pair of swords). In the first year of Genko there was a war and some of the soldiers carried THREE swords : two tachi and a kogatana. It had happened also in very ancient times, but the custom had been dropped. In Kenkiu III., Yoritomo became Sei tai Shogun, and all military people in his service were allowed I carry swords, and received the title Bujin , and their swords we called Bu Tachi. In Daiyei I., when Ashikaga Yoshiharu became Shogun, his laws were not observed, and many Daimyo were fighting each other: By that time it was a common custom for the servants of Buke to carry two swords when in attendance upon their master The war lasted eight years and even common people went about with two swords.

[Brently Keen]

Welcome back John!

This is interesting. I had heard that originally, Daito-ryu's Aiki Nito-ryu utilized two long swords as opposed to the more common long and short sword combination. Does anyone know of other koryu that have a tradition that includes the use of two long swords?

Brently Keen

[Yanagi Bushi]

Hi Brently,
Tendo Ryu Naginata Jutsu has Nito forms using two medium length swords. Not quite as long as the average Katana but too long to be considered Wakizashi. They also have Jo (as the broken shaft of a Naginata) and Kusarigama forms.

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Richard Elias

[hyaku]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Brently Keen:
Welcome back John!

This is interesting. I had heard that originally, Daito-ryu's Aiki Nito-ryu utilized two long swords as opposed to the more common long and short sword combination. Does anyone know of other koryu that have a tradition that includes the use of two long swords?

Brently Keen<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

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[John Lindsey]

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