Good day all. I am writing this thread to see if there is an interest. I have been living in Japan for over 3 years now. I study several budo and teach aikido in Nara. When I came to Japan I wanted to write a book based on my experience here. At first I didn't know what to write as I wanted to be original.
So writing about the sword was not original as a lot has been written and my main Ryu the Soke won't allow a book to be written. Then came the obvious, write about Aikido as I have been doing Yoshinkan for 20 years. The problem lay in writing something original!
Since I had started Hozoin Ryu Takada Ha spear when I moved here and the main reason for starting it was the connection between Takeda Sokaku and Ueshiba Morihei and their involvement with this school. I wanted to see if they got something from this school that would help their toshuwaza. I believe they did as I sure have!
So I am in the process of writing a book about Aikido and the spear. I have a lot of help and encouragement from my seniors and Soke of Hozoin Ryu.
I am curious if anyone in the Aikido community would be interested in such a topic? So I am asking for your opinion on the matter, if you think it would be interesting or not and what you may find interesting.
Just throwing it out there. Thanks for your time.
Sincerely Reg Sakamoto