We have a few versions of it as well although most of them are regularly practiced anymore. One is pretty much what Shojitsu Kenri Kataichi-ryu...
Meik has had articles published long before Koryu Books ever started. My understanding is that Meik has the highest licensing available in...
Meik Skoss doesn't need me to defend him, but I would point out that he has presented in academic settings before and much of his writing is...
In case people aren't clear (I don't recall it being said explicitly), Hakko-ryu is an off-shoot of Daito-ryu. While not universal, there are many...
Don't bother, I did read them at great length and I was the one who brought up your use of that particular quote to Kogusoku. Your past reasons...
The reason the quote is being "used against you" is because you keep demanding proof of Sengoku period or earlier documents coming from martial...
I can't speak for the others, but the documents I have been refering to have be the subject of academic research for a number of years now. One...
I don't feel like getting dragged into this debate too much more, but while it is true that most students are issued freshly copied makimono, it...
Except that in many ways they are not "completely different cultural activites" as there was a great deal of cross influence going on in all of...
Garyu (我流) is made up of two characters ga 我: which as a character is can range in meaning fom "I/me/oneself/self/ego/my/our/one's own" and so on...
I'd agree with Ben. The overall opinion of most of the traditional Japanese budo world is "one art, one teacher". Many people may do a few...
Karate and "kobudo", in the "Okinawan weapons" sense of the word is, to put it simply, not of Japanese origin, having developed in the Ryukyu...
So what? I know a number of Japanese people who have diabetes. Most of them developed it later in life, but they do have it. It's not all that...
Methods differ greatly from ryu to ryu, but in my experience the big issue is usually controlling the center line. If you can do that, the curve...
While perhaps he is too blunt about it, there ARE in fact standardized and correct ways of writing the Japanese language in the Roman alphabet and...
Your best bet is probably the "Twin Cities Aikido Center" on University Ave. near the border between St. Paul on Minneapolis. There were a couple...
I believe the correct name is actually "Hiten run" not "Hiten ryu". Rennis Buchner
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