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Mr. Varikas,

there is a chapter devoted to why you cannot understand what is going on (most of the time) watching a koryu kata being performed in Keiko Shokon, edited by Mrs. Skoss:
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The link is:

http://ejmas.com/tin/tinframe.htm

but you still need to go to Vol 1(2000) by hand. It's the first article chronologically, i.e. the one at the bottom. Concerning dead wood, in my...

About bokken making, in my experience a FLAT spokeshave works best (YMMV). Uh, and take your time, especially if you have troubles getting suitable pieces of wood.

The Iaido Journal at Ejmas has...

Dear Members,

I always wondered, how were tsuba kept in place on a bokuto in "the old times", before rubber tsubadome came into place? Incidentally, were all tsuba made with wood, or was rawhide...

Ellis,

I know from what you have written about Araki ryu that AR is one of the ryu "still willing to innovate", but your post seems to hint that there are more. Can you make any example, just for...

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After some digging in old e-budo threads, i came up with this original names on kendokata:
Number.Name: school

1. Hasso:Jikishinkage Ryu
2. Henka: Kurama Ryu
3. Hachiten Giri: Hozan...

Dear Mr. Amdur,

I feel I have to join the chorus of the petitioners, especially as I read only 2000 copies will be available!

Oh my, this sounds even more fun than the new relase of "R"!
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Dear Mr Amdur,

excellent point about children biting but let me add a last thing:

I am pretty convinced that the biting attitude of small children has something to do with the fact that the...

Dear all,

let me apologize in advance for what i am going to write for it is completely off topic but I just read something that pulled a trigger ...

Mr Amdur wrote:

The same thing applies...

Prof. Bodiford,

Thanks a lot for taking time to answer my question.

Best
Federico Calboli

Dear members,

reading trough the files at koryu.com I did notice something I think quite strange. KSR was founded around 1530 and we are now at the 65th headmaster. This figure is something like 3...

Dear Members,

to soak my bokuto, should I use raw linseed oil or boiled linseed oil ? What about other oils ?

Best,
Federico Calboli