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Hi Scott - I believe there will be no english version of our homepage in the next time.

The photo-page is only one part of a bigger project ( www.tenshukaku.de ). Too many texts for a complete...

Hi, thank you for your comments about our homepage.
BTW - the german word "Bogen" means "bow" and is also a short form of the german word "Ellenbogen" (elbow). I hope this is helpful...

Ulf...

Thank you for your reply.
Hmm, I´m not sure that the author tell about "mythological" schools...

The whole text is about the "Kanto shichi ryu", the seven schools of Kanto-area. Including the...

Thank you for your answer - it sounds interesting and possible.
But the Kanji of "your" Yamato ryu are a little bit different from the texts of the Honcho bugei shoden. They write it with the same...

There is a part of Honcho bugei shoden, what deals with a lot of Ryu of the Kanto.
Some of this schools are very popular (also in modern times) but some Ryu are unknown for me. Especially the...

Thank you for washing my head...

There was a failure in my last post, I mean *Shimazu of Kagoshima* not Kumamoto - sorry!

Ulf Lehmann

There is a little story of a duell between Yamada Shinryuken and a swordsman called Araki Mataemon.
Yamadas weapon was a Kusarigama, so it was a very dangerous situation for Araki. But the swordsman...

Hi Joanne,

thank you for your infos. Well, I know the connections of Marume Kurando and the Shimazu clan in Kumamoto.
But I wondering about the unusually name of the Ryu.

Ulf Lehmann

If I want to translate the name *Taisha ryu* from japanese language, I can found only a mix from Katagana forms for the word *Ta-i* and a Kanji (ƒ^ƒCŽÌ—¬).
Is there also a full Kanji form for this...

So I know, there was some kinds of shields in japanese history, called Tate. But the use of this shields was a little bit different of the common use on asia continent or europe. The Bushi used the...

Karl, thank you for the informations. I think, the most teachers in Europe don´t know this details. Most of them was students of french teachers who learned Kenjutsu from Inaba Minoru in Japan.
So I...

Some dojo in Europe train the KSR Kenjutsu of Inaba sensei (Kyoto). Most of the dojoleaders was Aikido-students of him and learned swordmanship on this way.
Who knows the real connections between...

Hi Joachim,
the major crest of the Uesugi family was a Mon of two sparrows, decorated by bamboo.

regards
Ulf Lehmann

Sorry, Mr. Madory - be careful to use connections between Ninjutsu and Bujutsu. Some weapons of Ninjutsu are not a part of "legal" warrior traditions in Japan (poison, blowguns, needles...). Maybe...

To my mind, the axe was not a combative weapon in japanese history. Axes and hammers was used to destroy fortifications, walls or doors in castles but not to kill enemies. So it was only a instrument...

Hara Shinkichi describes various kinds of non-metal tsuba in "Japanische Schwertzierrate" (book 1931).
Japanese used wooden or leather tsuba (neri tsuba) for ceremonial weapons in ancient times. The...

ok. here is part II:
Meifu shinkage ryu included Shuriken jutsu, Kusari jutsu, Kakute jutsu (kind of iron ring with spikes) and Jouken jutsu (???? - never hear before - translated as rope and...

Hi Ulf,

what I know is that the Mifu shinkake ryu is not only a Shuriken jutsu system. They included some other small weapons of the Kakushi buki index. I think this ryu is a separate school and...

Ulf,
Maybe, you can found some infos about one part (shuriken jutsu) of Meifu shinkage ryu on

http://www.hello.co.jp/~usa0277/8600.html

regards
Ulf Lehmann

All ryu (what I know) wear the sword in training in "modern" edge-upward-style. There is no different from batto or ken jutsu.
One point of wearing a sword in this different kinds is the use in...

Well, there is an other thread about Musashi in this forum, but I think my question need a separate thread.
Mr. Donn Draeger wrote in his book „Classical Budo“:
„The great kenshi Miyamoto Musashi...

Hi Neil,

well, the "both-hands-fact" is very important in Kusarigama jutsu.
If I don´t misunderstand you - you mean the Kusarigama is a battlefield weapon?
I believe not. This weapon was for...

Hi, Mr. Peters

To my mind is a Kusarigama not a "secondary" weapon. Ask yourself, what´s the favorite advantage of this kind of weapon - the long range. Your distance is too long for a enemy...

Hi,
I agree what (the other) Ulf says. The types of Kusarigama are very different from ryu to ryu. But I´m not sure, that the ryu have standardized forms in the history. If you go to museums in...

Hi,
I have a german translation of the Tengu geijutsu ron, named "Kunst der Bergdaemonen" (art of the mountain-goblins).
But I can´t found a part in this book who´s "the student almost says he...