Kurama-ryu kenjutsu
Hi All!
I have a some pictures of Kurama ryu kenjutsu performed at this years Meiji enbu( will post them later , i am at the office right now!). Intrestingly they seem to use two very diffrent types of bokken. One looks almost exactly like a Kashima Shinryu or Maniwa Nen Ryu bokken (fat, straight with a huge tsuba , in this case wood covered with leather). The other is much thinner and curved and without a tsuba. It reminds me of the elegant Yagyu Shinkage Ryu bokken but is a bit sturdier. My question is why two diffrent bokken? First hand anwser is easy. They have kata impossible to performe without a durable bokken with a tsuba and other where this bokken is not needed. Is it possible that diffrent sets of kata in the ryu stem from diffrent sources?
Regards and thanks in advance!
Sven Beulke
sven@bugei.org
Bremen, Germany