What Josh and Rennis said... Another point to take into consideration, of course, is whether or not one can understand what is being said in the dojo. I did not speak Japanese when I first got to...
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What Josh and Rennis said... Another point to take into consideration, of course, is whether or not one can understand what is being said in the dojo. I did not speak Japanese when I first got to...
The yarisaki is triangular, quite similar to the one in the photographs you posted. As far as three-sided spearpoints are concerned, as one of the earlier posts mentioned, wounds of that shape are...
Anent the Shinkage-ryu mentioned in connection with Robin Reilly, a Shotokan practitioner here in New Jersey: I believe he mentioned that he studied Shinkage-ryu jujutsu, not kenjutsu. There is no...
How long is the haft for this spearhead? It looks rather similar to the one I have, which is called an "uchi-e yari." The yarisaki is about 10~11.5 cm. long (I have not measured it precisely) and...
I think Guy Buyens', Nathan Scott's, and Brian Owens' comments pretty well describe what is (and is not) kenjutsu. Shinkendo is not kenjutsu, though it has incorporated elements from a number of...
The white leather fukuro shinai carried by e-Bogu.com are not too bad. The ones I have are starting to get a bit worn from all of the contact and the leather begins to tear after a while (that is...
Several ryu use habikito. Maniwa Nen-ryu performs habiki embu with shinken, although they will usually practice with bokuto. Hori-san, the fellow in a recent photo of Nen-ryu on this forum says that...
This is a belated response to the enquiry about "tasshi," but that was a term used by the Dai Nippon Butokukai in the early 20th century, before many of the modern budo organizations adopted the...
The instructor at the Renshinkan is Steve Furbush, assisted by Charlie Atkinson. They are longtime training colleagues of mine and I can vouch for both of them, both technically and as individuals....
Shinto Muso-ryu jo are supposed to be 4-shaku, 2-sun, 1-bu. I would have to measure my Yagyu jo to be sure, but it is around 5-shaku and a bit. Tendo-ryu jo are supposed to be a broken naginata and...
Mabuchi Seiko is an old training colleague of mine, in Shinto Muso-ryu, Toda-ha Buko-ryu, and Tendo-ryu. She is one of the most dedicated students of Tendo-ryu I have ever met and one of the most...