My first historical Japanese sword, forged by the first Hizen Kuni Kawachi Daijyo Fujiwara Masahiro, a swordsmith of the Nabeshima clan who created a unique hamon with the grandson of the first Tadayoshi. He changed his name to Masahiro November 2 in the 2nd year of Kanei (1624) and received Kawachi Daijyo in May ofContinue reading “WAKIZASHI”
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TACHI DORI
The next several Saturday morning classes will be devoted to weapon-disarms, starting with sword, tachidori. Review this post from 2019 where I presented a slightly different matrix. The first class focused on three disarms from the outside line – two apricots (rising cut), ude kimi nage (under arm bar), and kotegaeshi (with nikkyo augmentation). TheContinue reading “TACHI DORI”
AIKI-KEN
This post anthologizes the links to previous posts as a curriculum outline. Historical context: Koryu Basic Skills: uchi komi, kiri kaeshi Solo Practice – Suburi: Shihogiri, Happogiri, Eight Ken Suburi Paired Exercises – Kumi tachi: Ichi no tachi, Ni no tachi, San no tachi, Yon no tachi, Go no tachi, Roku no Tachi (6th kumitachi)Continue reading “AIKI-KEN”
Protective Arts 