We must all witness people attending our dojo from time to time, who simply don't have the 'spark' to allow them to be any good at Iai/Kenjutsu/Kendo/Naginatado and who disappear after a couple of awkward lessons. But what happened in feudal Japan if a person born into a Samurai family didn't have...
I was just wandering: if you put a medieval knight (with full plate armor and a two-handed sword in his hands) against a Samurai. Who would win?
Samurai had a superior sword fighting technic but is that enough to penetrate the iron shell of a knight? Just give me your view/opinion on this.
Interesting footage of controversial Japanese author performing Seitei's Mae
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsmICsWbuMs
Has anyone else read his interesting discussion of Hagakure?
Is this correct? Having a brain-fart and just looking for quick reference...
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gKBgEpKTvGg/TE4R4qVeCNI/AAAAAAAAA2w/YxadYe4q7Oc/s1600/tsuki.jpg
I have been wandering aimlessly around t'internet but cant find anything.
I am wanting to re-wrap a mogito Chidokan made me, but want to look at different styles of how to do it rather than the basic diamonds and triangles with the stupidly hard knott on the tsuka kashira
Does anyone know of...
i wanted to buy a hakama that was built for the body of a women but cheap. i have seen a place that sells one but its around 133 dollars. anyone care to help me?
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Thread Starter: Kokoro777We must all witness people attending our dojo from time to time, who simply don't have the 'spark' to allow them to be any good at Iai/Kenjutsu/Kendo/Naginatado and who disappear after a couple of awkward lessons. But what happened in feudal Japan if a person born into a Samurai family didn't have...
hl1978 Today 03:34 AM