I am pleased to announce the worldwide release of the Spanish language translation of Old School: Essays on Japanese Martial Traditions, translated by my student, Joaquin R Jiménez-Puerto, in...
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I am pleased to announce the worldwide release of the Spanish language translation of Old School: Essays on Japanese Martial Traditions, translated by my student, Joaquin R Jiménez-Puerto, in...
A new essay of mine on a remarkable, little known ninth dan Kodokan, Kurosu Harutsugi, who also had a grounding in koryu jujutsu. https://tinyurl.com/fx82zcnh
That is a stock photo from the 19th century. You can find it on Wikimedia.. I believe I used it myself in one of my books.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samurai,_Yokohama_MET_DP139569.jpg
I have a source for really excellent staffs, either of hickory or jotoba. I've used the hickory and they are excellent - no dents, no splinters, no breakage. Costs about $60, or a little less - IIRC,...
Hi Michael - definitely Tendo-ryu!
Just published this new essay, concerning the surprisingly common use of the kusarigama within martial traditions that emphasized the naginata - and how that related, in particular, to the training...
The film is very blurry, but this looks to be a younger man with dark hair. Also, the stances are very low and wide, with forward lunges. It is my understanding that Funakoshi Gichin uses the closer...
Jeff - I had no idea what a writer/storyteller you are. Lots more people need to read you. So I linked the piece on Facebook. I'm going through your book reviews now.
This is an updated message concerning one particular error in HIPS. On page 64.
Some time ago, I wrote: Vincente Bosch alluded to the fact that my description of circular breathing on my KogenBudo...
See Chapter Two - Six in my book Hidden in Plain Sight, for a lot of details on this subject.
I agree - thank you very much for posting this
Depends what you mean by traditional. If you mean a koryu, a school founded before the inception of the Meiji era, hewing to a number of parameters of both culture and practice, neither would fit...
To the best of my knowledge, no original densho exists. Elements of it were incorporated within various lines of Shinkage-ryu.
"I am very pleased to announce the release of Hidden in Plain Sight: Esoteric Power Training within Japanese Martial Traditions (Tracing the Roots of Ueshiba Morihei's Power).
It is truly a new...
Found this blog - https://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/koppofun
Actually, that very much looks like he's derived a lot from Chinese jian (sword). There are a lot of elements you'd never see in a Japanese centered art, that are really mainstream Chinese. FWIW
If you would like notification for pre-Sale when HIPS is released (which will be very soon!), go to EdgeworkBooks and use the Contact Form on the left of the page to request email notification. (NOT...
Nope. I am not aware of any Daito-ryu instructor ever associated with the DNB. Remember, though, it was an umbrella organization, with both an 'institute' in Kyoto, and most martial arts being...
I need to do a little fine tuning on the last post - Toby Threadgill has refreshed my memory of a previous conversation. In 1994, he and Don Angier contacted Yoshida Kotaro's surviving son. He knew...
To revisit an old topic, Yoshida Kotaro did not train in a hidden family art - in fact, he trained in Shingetsu Musō Yanagi-ryū (in addition, of course, to Daito-ryu), a school still extant in Japan....
By the way, I know someone who makes excellent hickory or jojoba bo. In the USA. Very reasonably priced. Send me a PM if you are interested. Ellis Amdur
Well, regarding the 2nd choice, there is no such thing as "ash wood oak" - so whatever it's made of, who knows - maybe good, maybe not. If you are going to have impact, nine circles (kashi) is a good...
Many assert that koryu is merely a living antique, not relevant to modern times. I've just published a new book that belies this - applying the tactical principles in koryu to communication tactics...
New KogenBudo Blog -A Small Contribution about the Late Seigo Yamaguchi Sensei by Nick Kraus http://tinyurl.com/jj9n5dn
This is the updated link - I made a dedicated website - http://www.zaimoku.org