Hi all,
Apologies for the advertisement. For anyone interested, there is now an authorised chapter of Kashima-Shinryu based in London, joining the other European chapters in Finland, Germany, the...
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Hi all,
Apologies for the advertisement. For anyone interested, there is now an authorised chapter of Kashima-Shinryu based in London, joining the other European chapters in Finland, Germany, the...
The White Heron Dojo of Sparks, NV seems to be an affiliate of the Jikishin-Kai (while the Jikishin-kai website confirms that they have an affiliate in Nevada, it gives no particulars). As such,...
Thank you, Mr. Schutt and Mr. Mahan. I have to admit that I was surprised that there was no American equivalent to the Canadian Iaido Association, and your explanations went a long ways towards...
According to the AUSKF website, there is a kendo dojo at the Redlands Fencing Centre in Oklahoma City. They are probably your best bet, if not for iaido itself, then for information.
On a related...
Thank you. I got my information from a quick Google search: the Joetsu City website makes the claim I repeated above. Any clarification by people more knowledgeable than history than I (which isn't...
Uesugi Kenshin had his headquarters at Kasugayama, in/near modern Joetsu. His tomb is apparently at Risenji Temple, at the foot of Kasugayama -- this is also the temple in which he was a monk as a...
I will admit I was a bit disappointed in the haphazard presentation that both sites offered. The relevant points seem to be:
1) This story from KLAS TV (the station that originally featured this...
Please note that both Snopes.com and the Urban Legends and Folklore site have declared this entire story to be a hoax -- these "hunts" have never taken place, and most likely never will. Not only is...
The issue, I think, is that it is virtually impossible to offer a reasonable defense without due process. While many, if not most of the detainees probably are "illegal combatants" as defined by the...
Speaking of Cairn Terriers... growing up, we had a Cairn Terrier, an Airedale, and two cats. Both dogs were as friendly and as cheerful as you could want, but the cats were decidedly no-nonsense. ...
Thanks, Mr. Turner. I'll look for that book. The details seem to match those presented in Hired Swords.
I have to agree with Mr. Rehse, though, and say that the description provided in the text...
I'll admit to being interested. Could you tell me who drew that illustration, and when? Does it specifically identify the crossbow as an "oyumi," or is it possible that it was a rare import from...
To paraphrase Karl Friday (Hired Swords, pg.41-43), the oyumi was an artillery weapon. While it is assumed to have been some sort of ballista (i.e. siege crossbow) or multiple-arrow launcher, "no...
I will happily second this. I have had experience with several sets of Mr. Taylor's yari (and had a set made myself), and been very pleased with the experience.
Bjorn
Related to the samurai walking methods thread:
(From SUGIMOTO, Etsu Inagaki (1926) A Daughter of the Samurai, pg 32 (end of chapter IV), emphasis added.)
That note about posture was an...
Karl Friday's Legacies of the Sword examines the principles of Kashima Shinryu in detail. They cover the ground from philosophic ("offense and defense are one"), to mechanical ("a wedge becomes...
I'm sorry, I wasn't entirely clear in my question. What I'd really like to know is: how were the boundaries of these regions chosen?
Mr. Sharples wrote:
So lineage/founder would be the...
I came across the following tidbit in the Japanese Sword Arts FAQ:
I'd be interested to know how these distinctions were made. Are they based on history/lineage, stylistic similarities, or...