Sei Ryu Kai originated in Tokyo, established by Nishioka Sensei. Listed them first as thats where I started my SMR (was straight ZNKR kendo/jo/iai practitioner before that).
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Sei Ryu Kai originated in Tokyo, established by Nishioka Sensei. Listed them first as thats where I started my SMR (was straight ZNKR kendo/jo/iai practitioner before that).
From the Sei Ryu Kai perspective there are materials including sensei interviews on several pages of
http://www.misogi.org/ (SMR in Nagoya - use the menu to select pages labeled in English, unless...
There are many records in edo period works about bokken killing / maiming in duels - both officially sanctioned and not....
"Of course, Bokuden had sent his messengers only as a ruse, and he...
The current Jodo DVD (2011) and manual (2008) both in Japanese can be either ordered from http://zenkenren-shop.com/en/iai_jodo/index.html (the english language version of the shop) as mentioned, or...
Thanks for that Sandra S and Fukuryu, during seminar and grading in Japan last month I noticed a couple of things where my current practice was non standard, so I am trying to read the read the...
Just found time to have a look at the 2008 ZNKR Jodo manual, unfortunately in Japanese only so strains my limited linguistic resources.... I am hoping this is causing me to misinterpret something...
Anyone know if the 2008 ZNKR Jodo manual is scheduled to be translated into English?
Given my very limited Japanese I could be misinterpreting things but two of the kata I am presently working...
Good to see this tolerance of difference, here is NSW we are a bit more narrow minded :), most difficult thing I had to do after returning to Australia from a stint training in Japan some years ago...
Kanagawa Ken Renmei has some info on its calendar page (the pdfs are in Japanese).
http://kanagawa-jodo.main.jp/event_schedule/index.html
location looks to be
広島県立総合体育館 小アリーナ
広島県広島市中区基町4-1...
Excellent read - but lacked a serious review of the relative merits of beer for properly managed rehydration!
Off the top of my head 4 of the shinken in our dojo are from Nosyu in Seki, http://www.nosyudo.jp/ all very nice with really excellent tsukamaki. The other Japanese live blades are shinshinto...
In terms of nature, it must be an expectation thing, from my viewpoint it is more where is Japan not a beautiful place (like some of the urban areas, some parts of Tokyo are just downright ugly or...
Australia has added 50% to its stock of ZNKR jodo godan, 2 passed at Sendai yesterday. Wollongong Kendo Clubs' Robert Brown (NSWKA) and Anthony Pickering of Tojinkai (Melbourne, VKR). Both ACTKR...
Yep - I was buying their Iaido toranomaki magazines through the Japanese itunes store - much easier now it is in the Aussie one so can pay in dollars.... toranomaki is excellent for the instructional...
The WKC just made me wonder about something, the English versions of Japanese media like Daily Yomuiuri / Mainichi /Asahi cover baseball, soccer, sumo, tennis etc but almost never other budo beyond...
Not quite correct, the ZNIR predates the iaido arm of the ZNKR, and if I recall correctly there was some regulation to that effect in the ZNKR prohibiting testing in the other umbrella groups by...
Ahhh - thanks gentlemen - I think its a misunderstanding by the student about what he was being adjusted for - "The very moment that the sword hits them, the right foot should plant."[Andy] is what...
Where do people have their right foot at the moment the kissaki clears the koiguchi in seitei Mae? Is it already out and planted, or is it still in motion planting before the sword contacts tekki?
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Gripping stuff - real feeling of tension and consequence....
ZNKR Kendo is very different from many koryu in that way - you often cannot bring back something from another tradition - it was common in the past, losts of extant koryu are specifically the...
Superb skills, so many details only visible in slomo!
Tatsumi Ryu! If I lived in Melbourne I would be stalking Keeley (sp?) sensei till he let me join...
But I would still do my SMR jo / Tamiya iai / Kendo / ZNKR iai / ZNKR jo, just reducing the...
Having never been a member of either a MJER or MSR dojo , and coming from a kendo federation dojo thats koryu school that has no overlapping kata with the ZNKR curriculum - for me it is clear, in our...
Are you asking is there anyone teaching Toyama or Nakamura Ryu in Melbourne (the main schools that use the term battodo instead of iaido or iaijustsu)? Haven't heard of anyone (this is one area...
I think you are talking about the late Otofuji Sensei, menkyo kaiden SMR