This may make you laugh, but I need to know.

[Scully]

Okay, so the other night at training, one of the younger students asked me if there where any forms or schools in iaido that use the tachi,
I explained to him the purpose behind a tachi, and that we teach the use of a wakazashi and tanto but I know nothing behind the use of a tachi except that it was a cavalry weapon.
but regardless I sought to find the answer for him, and I'v come up with nothing -.-
So now I seek the wisdom and guidance from my fellow iaidoka around the world, does anyone know of a school or style that uses the tachi?
Along with finding the answer I'm also seeking to learn more about it.

Regards

[Durandal]

Tell him that "iai" is an universal principle and therefore it can be used with anything.

[Rennis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd6C5RdUIhY

[ryoma]

Okay, so the other night at training, one of the younger students asked me if there where any forms or schools in iaido that use the tachi,
I explained to him the purpose behind a tachi, and that we teach the use of a wakazashi and tanto but I know nothing behind the use of a tachi except that it was a cavalry weapon.
but regardless I sought to find the answer for him, and I'v come up with nothing -.-
So now I seek the wisdom and guidance from my fellow iaidoka around the world, does anyone know of a school or style that uses the tachi?
Along with finding the answer I'm also seeking to learn more about it.

Regards

Rennis' link should made it clear.
Which brings me to my question: What ryû do you practice where you teach the use of wakizashi and tanto in a Iai fashion?

[Scully]

Rennis' link should made it clear.
Which brings me to my question: What ryû do you practice where you teach the use of wakizashi and tanto in a Iai fashion?

Seishinkan Iaido

Oh and clarification/disclaimer or what not,
I'm yet to learn the use of Wakazashi or Tanto in my level of Iai,
But my sensei told me when I first started that those are my possibly outcomes in Iai after I was explaining a bit more about kendo to him (he's never done kendo)

[Scully]

Oh and clarification/disclaimer or what not,
I'm yet to learn the use of Wakazashi or Tanto in my level of Iai,
But my sensei told me when I first started that those are my possibly outcomes in Iai after I was explaining a bit more about kendo to him (he's never done kendo)

[Scully]

Oh and clarification/disclaimer or what not,
I'm yet to learn the use of Wakazashi or Tanto in my level of Iai,
But my sensei told me when I first started that those are my possibly outcomes in Iai after I was explaining a bit more about kendo to him (he's never done kendo)

[chidokan]

MJER use wakazashi in the later paired work.

[pgsmith]

Yagyu Shingan ryu still has a number of kata for tachi also ... [url=Yagyu Shingan Ryu}http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWsqzeCtlRY[/url]

MJER use wakazashi in the later paired work.

Mugai ryu does also, as does Sekiguchi ryu.

[Scully]

Yagyu Shingan ryu still has a number of kata for tachi also ... [url=Yagyu Shingan Ryu}http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWsqzeCtlRY[/url]


Mugai ryu does also, as does Sekiguchi ryu.

Thats actually rather interesting to look it, I didn't realise how much the tachi and katana really differ from each other.
Is there any books on this particular style?
I'm just interested in how you teach the use of tachi in Iai forms.

Cheers

[Maro]

Thats actually rather interesting to look it, I didn't realise how much the tachi and katana really differ from each other.
Is there any books on this particular style?
I'm just interested in how you teach the use of tachi in Iai forms.

Cheers

There is a Yagyu Shingan Ryu Dojo in Sydney and they regularly hold seminars.

[tagonagy]

There's a Korean sword form called Chosun Saebup that uses a sword slung like a tachi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GUbj...ure=plpp_video

[pgsmith]

There's a Korean sword form called Chosun Saebup that uses a sword slung like a tachi.

Those kata are modified Toyama ryu.

[Durandal]

Toyama Ryu which was taugh in korea as were kendo, iaijutsu and many other arts to populations in schools and military grounds.

They seem to carry swords like tachi but it's just like gunto. But i'm sure this is a very "traditional" and "old" korean martial art (which was copied by the japanese of course to create iaido and kenjutsu, obviously). I really hate those korean bullshido, but I hate more the people without knowledge who support them.