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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2007 15:00:50 GMT
karma for you very nice post glasswalker
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2007 20:19:24 GMT
I think you may have reversed what I meant. I didn't mean use an axe for Iai training.... I meant that, if you take a sword and swing it, just like you would a battle axe, it has just as much a capacity to kill as someone who has been studying swordsmanshp for 30 years. Saying that it isn;t swordsmanship just because the guy used a stick instead of a sword is a bit...off if you ask me. Most schools of the sword were founded back in the day by people who were actually fighting and killing people with swords. They knew what it takes. They what wasn't important and what wasn't. For one of us to assume one thing or another, with out any that kind of real experience, I think, is blasphemy, it is madness! The JSA school that I'm training under is based on the art that was taught to Japanese officers during WWII. Early in the 20th century, the katana had been forbidden and soldiers fought using European sabres (without a good instructor no doubt), and were getting pwned. So they went back to the katana in 1925; gathered a few of the old koryu masters about and cobbled together something practical and easy to learn. That's toyama ryu. It's called iaido, although it is thoroughly practical. For instance they nearly threw out chiburi, since they found out in combat that it's impossible to clean a sword of blood by merely shaking it. So now it's primarily a defensive guard. I forgot what my point was.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2007 3:23:46 GMT
Toyama ryu is also the style that I practice. My teachers are Tim Shiomi 5th dan, and Thomas Carrillo, 2nd Dan. Shiomi sensei is the Head of USA dojo. you can see pictures of them both on this website: www.toyamaryuusa.com
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2007 13:05:41 GMT
The JSA school that I'm training under is based on the art that was taught to Japanese officers during WWII. Is it battodo that you do kortoso? Also glasswalker, I currently practice Shinto muso ryu and our first set of kata with the Jo is an adapted Seitei Jo kata. As far as I can work out they are easier to grasp than the traditional kata so they teach it to students first.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2007 18:19:56 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2007 4:26:37 GMT
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