
Originally Posted by
nico storm
Hi guys
I was hoping someone could help me out here. I have had contact on another site with someone who is eluding, I say eluding as my question are never outrightly answered, to be learning Okinawan iaijutsu and kenjutsu. I have been unable to find any information about sword schools from Okinawa, but I thought someone here would be far more likely to have answers.
Um...that doesn't exist. Perhaps Okinawa had a genuine sword art somewhere, but it isn't going to be with the Japanese Katana, and most likely won't be a quick-draw art like iai.
I wouldn't count on finding a sword art, even if it does exist. Okinawa is pretty proud of it's weapon bans. You will notice that the kobu weapons are not straight-up battlefield weapons like swords, spears, and axes. It is all farm implements and disassembled weapons. I haven't even seen Okinawan knife-fighting.
Some Karate schools do teach a modern ken/iai curriculum to help with precision.
Eric Peter ("Pete") Ramberg