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Musoku involves many things to properly do it. The main thing is learning how to move in a controlled forward-fall with your leg muscles doing no more than keeping you from collapsing. It takes...

Hi Folks, James, and Mr. Alexanian,

I might suggest that the moderator switch the part of this thread that has gone away from Mr. Alexanian's announcement of his Tamiya Ryu Demo and evolved into...

Hi Timothy,

I asked Kuroda Sensei about your question, and he said that first, the jutte kata in Komagawa Kaishin Ryu were not learned by Komagawa from Kamiizumi Nobutsuna in Shinkage Ryu. They...

Hi Julian,

In answer to your question, Kuroda Sensei wears the obi outside of the hakama because of the requirements of his iaijutsu system. His style of iaijutsu uses different body movements to...

From what I remember on his DVD's, he does talk about it in Japanese, but doesn't really go into good displays that you would be able to pick up on just from viewing them.

Sorry.

To give you an answer that is as clear as mud, it's a principle that describes how you should perform ashi sabaki. I only have heard of it through Kuroda Sensei and his books, so if you can read...

I believe it means to not put too much power into your legs when you walk. Be soft and loose and fluid, able to react quickly. Kuroda Sensei has the rule of "Musoku no ho", or to not kick the...

Hi Mr. Lowry,

Thanks for the info on Japanese wolves. Quite interesting! I personally think that Komagawa fought a pack of wild dogs instead of wolves, but that is the story in the makimono that...

Hello Mr. Amdur,

I'd thought I'd give some information on the relation of Shinkage Ryu to Komagawa Kaishin Ryu. As one of Kuroda Sensei's students, I've had many Q and A's with him on the history...

The Tamiya ryu that Kuroda Sensei teaches is not the "Famous" Tamiya Ryu of Tamiya Heibei, but a style founded by Tamiya Gon-emon, who had studied Tamiya Heibei's style, but came up with his own,...

Hi Mr. Scott and Mr. Power,

As a long time reader and first time poster, I thought I would add in what Kuroda Sensei told me in regards to the lineage of his style of Tamiya-ryu. He said that the...