Hi, I thought some of the readers here might find this of interest. Marco Ruiz, the gentleman who conducted the interview with Yukiyoshi...
Steve, Back to the Tengu thing........ Or an accurate description of Ellis in a beard! There will probably be new reports of Tengu showing...
Hendry, The rhetorical questions continue.... So....Why does the British press exhaustively research the family tree of any commoner who...
Hendry, Take a pill. Tengu are real. Didn't you know that? My teacher regularly hung around with these rather peculiar winged gents on his...
Hi Hendry, Per Bens comments... I know Araki ryu has changed quite a bit. It's part of their tradition to adapt every generation. Every...
Hello, Ahhhh...gotcha... Paul covered that pretty well. Think about it. There was no reason to evolve because what they were doing worked...
Hello, To add to what Paul provided, koryu did evolve and significantly during the relative peace that ensued during the Edo Period. What have...
Takamura ha Shindo Yoshin ryu Hello, Shindo Yoshin ryu was founded by Matsuoka Katsunosuke at the end of the Edo Period. He was licensed in...
What you say is true. My teacher was frequently critical of those schools that degenerated into what he called "pretty dancing" Scrolls are just...
Hi Maxime, I was familiar with the Portuguese jogo do pau but not the others. Like I stated, the Japanese Koryu demonstrate a rather unique...
The function of some kata is to teach principle, not to replicate actual combat. Therefore some kata are formalized drills, not a representation...
Hello, Posted by Polar Bear: "I have to admit I am not a fan of alot of the sword work shown in the video." No sweat. I don't care for...
Hello, First of all a school cannot be a member of the Nippon Kobudo Kyokai or the Nippon Kobudo Shinkokai if the headquarters is located...
I have been executing kotegaeshi on resisting opponents for over 20 years. We practice all our techniques against varying degrees of resistance....
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