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I suppose it is difficult to read- I don’t recognise a single character!

I found this piece of calligraphy and remember someone telling me that it was written by a famous swordsman. Can anyone tell me what it actually says? A piece of poetry perhaps?

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The...

Ancient Wisdom, a humorous explanation!

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Do ‘martial artists’ take themselves, their art and their perceived status too seriously? If so, why?

I am very fortunate to belong to a very friendly, welcoming dojo. Nobody is referred to as...

I am a samurai. I know I’m a samurai because I wear a dress, shave my pate, and wield a sword (in the safety of a dojo and am fully insured against injury, third party, fire and theft). But, I have a...

That was the norm here in the UK in the 1980s when I first started Iai, but over the years, it’s been reintroduced by the ZNKR and MSR. I use my sageo as a form of self-expression 😉 I have flamboyant...

I believe some schools do this because it’s difficult to use the sword from this position and more so from tate hiza. If you consider kata as ‘toho’-training to use the sword rather than ‘snippets of...

Tozando got back to me and can supply mengane to me for £185 ($236). I might need to downscale my plans a little based on this price!

I stumbled upon a piece of research the shows the scientific basis of controlled breathing and becoming calmer! How interesting!


http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6332/1411/tab-pdf

Thank you for the welcome and the advice. I’ll drop Tozando a line today.

Does anyone know where I can buy men gane from for a little art project I have? I don’t want to rip second hand men apart and yet i can’t seem to find anywhere that sells them online.

I have to concur that I've found Nine Circles incredibly helpful whenever I've ordered in the past. They always email a confirmation, telephone me if there's a delay in getting goods to me and are...