Hi.
I started this thread twice, lost a longer version, don't have time to do all again.
Today I was reading an old (Showa 10 = 1935) kendo book by Takano Shigeyuki and Tanida somebody I can't read (谷田左一) and there is a chapter entitled 静流薙刀の形。 A naginata versus sword kata complete with photos.
Now, I write this in Japanese because I have no idea of the correct reading is - I can imagine Sei-ryu, perhaps Shizu-ryu.
Anyhow, I can't find much about it on the Japanese web, and can't put my hands on my Ryuha jiten.
It doesn't seem to be in Ellis Amdur's excellent 'Old School', either. (It is not Suzuka ryu, which is a different set of kanji.)
Anyhow, anyone know anything about this?
Thanks,
Lance Gatling
PS - Also, I wonder if the Tanida is kin to the modern day Tanida sensei of Eishin ryu iai.
I started this thread twice, lost a longer version, don't have time to do all again.
Today I was reading an old (Showa 10 = 1935) kendo book by Takano Shigeyuki and Tanida somebody I can't read (谷田左一) and there is a chapter entitled 静流薙刀の形。 A naginata versus sword kata complete with photos.
Now, I write this in Japanese because I have no idea of the correct reading is - I can imagine Sei-ryu, perhaps Shizu-ryu.
Anyhow, I can't find much about it on the Japanese web, and can't put my hands on my Ryuha jiten.
It doesn't seem to be in Ellis Amdur's excellent 'Old School', either. (It is not Suzuka ryu, which is a different set of kanji.)
Anyhow, anyone know anything about this?
Thanks,
Lance Gatling
PS - Also, I wonder if the Tanida is kin to the modern day Tanida sensei of Eishin ryu iai.
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