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Bayushi-Shoju
20th January 2004, 06:54 AM
Hello all,
I was wondering if there was a No-Dachi Style Kendo? I saw that theres Naginata style so i was wondering if theres any crazy Kenshis out there with 5 foot long Shinai lol. If anyones heard anything please respond, Thanks alot
Kenshi Jordan
Eldritch Knight
20th January 2004, 07:22 AM
There is a style of iaido that uses no-dachi, but nothing in kendo so far as I'm aware
Bayushi-Shoju
25th January 2004, 01:29 AM
How much does an Iaido No-Dachi cost? Ive never seen one for sale
Kenshi Jordan
neo_dragon_kai
25th January 2004, 07:34 AM
kendo shinai size is regulated
hence u can't have anything longer than 39 cm.
this is partly the reason no body hides the shinai behind their back,
lol. (the behind the back kamae is to hide the sword from enemy's view so he can't judge distance)
Bayushi-Shoju
3rd February 2004, 04:11 AM
The number 39 does not mean its 39 cm. 39 cm is actualy very very small. Just to let you know :) And you could use that stance to throw there Maai off, i mean try keeping one step Maai when you cant see there Shinai properly :)

Kenshi Smurf
Cypher
4th February 2004, 06:16 AM
The iaido style is called Choken Battoujutsu Kageryu and limited information can be found here (with some pictures of the longsword in situ in the practitioner's obi)http://www.bunbun.ne.jp/~sword/Nkage1.html

not very informative, but...^_^
also, check www.weaponmasters.com (http://www.weaponmasters.com) for a nice (alleged) Masamune odachi/nodachi/whatever you wish to call it. (click on the 5th picture along in the second row down to view the info)

Hope this is somewhat useful
Bayushi-Shoju
5th February 2004, 02:28 AM
Thank you so much. Thats a big sword lol.
Kenshi Smurf
Cypher
5th February 2004, 06:50 AM
When searching the forums yesterday, I found an interesting thread related to this one...search for 'no-dachi' and when the results come up view the one at the bottom of the list (there should be like 5 or so) called something like 'bigger swords' (sorry; I cant exactly remember ^_^)
On there it had a lot of interesting links and other information, alternatively I suggest you contact Hyaku, who is definitely the man to ask, from what I gather. Again, I hope this is useful to some degree.