I like to write about budo. This about the stuff that's more fundamental than the basics.
https://peterboylan.substack.com/p/kihon-for-kihon?r=rf53p
I should find an Alexander Technique teacher and find out how they teach this stuff.
#budo
#iaido
#karate
#judo
#jodo
#aikido
#koryu
#kenjutsu
#kendo
#naginata
#jujutsu
Mi «obsesión» por el #kenjutsu ha llegado a tal punto que he agarrado un amigo carpintero que desde tiempo se ha dedicado a hacer props para cosplay en madera y le he pedido que me haga un #bokken de #wakizashi, uno de #tanto, y ahora quiero también uno de una #nodachi
Is there anyone who does #iaido or #koryu #kenjutsu who would recognise the chiburi from this kata (#AikiToho by #aikido sensei #Nishio)?
I’m not sure how well the hive mind on Mastodon will work but I’ve been looking for the answer for some time. Some charts list it as a chiburi from #SuioRyu while others don’t. High ranking people from Suio Ryu didn’t recognise it. A practitioner of Aiki Toho stated error in table. But I haven’t been able to link to any other school.
Neue Trainingsausrüstung im TuS 1909 Philippstein e.V. ! Jetzt können wir auch neuen Teilnehmern direkt ab der ersten Trainingsstunde Leihausrüstung anbieten, damit sie schnell beim Partnertraining mitüben können. Einstieg bei uns ist jederzeit möglich. :-)
#trainingclub #LahnDillKreis #sword #martialart #battojutsu #kenjutsu #samurai #swordfighting #katana #philippstein
Spent about half an hour showing oldest (14) principles of #Jojutsu using two #StarWars shorter lightsabers joined, against a single long blade saver.
She was having a blast... and learning about balance, stance, grip, center, distancing, timing... all without incurring the sense of a rigid lecture/lesson format.
Win-win
Always clean your training weapons wearing funny ramen print pajama pants.
殺人 権 が 活人 権 だ
"satsu-jin ken ga katsu-jin ken da"
lit
"[a] kill-man sword [is/also] [a] live-man sword is"
"A sword which kills is also the sword which allows life".
Traditional #kenjutsu dictum. Many meanings. When you take a life to protect a life, you still took a life. The killing weapon is also a life-affording tool.
Zurück zu unserem eigentlichen Trainingsort in Philippstein bei #Braunfels 
Tolle spontane Trainingsrunde zum Feiertag in Philippstein bei Braunfels. 
#lahndillkreis #battojutsu #kenjutsu #schwertkampf #martialarts
SPECIAL HIDDEN GEEKISH BONUS STAGE
Hosokawa Garasha (#Mariko, in #Shogun) was married to Hosokawa Tadaoki.
Their son, Hosokawa Tadatoshi (21Dec1586 – 26Apri1641) was the patron protector of Miyamoto #Musashi, presumed author of the #GoRinNohSho ("Book of Five Rings") who was the assumed founder of "nito ryu" Niten Ichi-Ryu #kenjutsu
@faraiwe yes I’m aware #DaitoRyu #Takeda practised Ono Ha #IttoRyu #kenjutsu. What’s less clear is if he ever taught #aikido founder Ueshiba the Itto Ryu stuff. I would welcome any valid sources that would state that as it would be quite new insight.
The bokken I use in Ono Ha Itto Ryu is not, btw, the same as Iwama bokken. It is thick, yes, and relatively straight, but has a pointy end.
Trivia link.
#Sugino Yoshio worked on Seven Samurai (1954) and Hidden Fortress (1958), as well as the Yojimbo (1961) series.
Depictions of #TenshinShodanKatoriShintoRyu #kenjutsu made a heavy impression on a young Hollywood director, #GeorgeLucas
Hidden Fortress eventually inspired #StarWars
Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu is among the oldest forms of #kenjutsu, its origins hark to before #Japanese #swords were even curved (pre 900s CE)
Here is Sugino sensei, demonstrating some of the key movements and stances.
#Sugino sensei also worked on several #Kurosawa movies, as a sword choreographer.
