Ryuseiken Battodo

Japanese swordfighting

Ryuseiken Battodo is a swordfighting martial arts style that teaches kata, sparring and culminates in test-cutting (tameshigiri) of targets with real swords.

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Andrew Dicenso commented on Andrew Dicenso's blog post 'Custom Bokuto'
Interesting. I'll have to look into that in the future, if there was someone who could actually make custom bokuto in Tucson it would definitely cut down on shipping and such, not to mention contact with the maker would be easier. As for now my new…
January 28
rawnshah commented on Andrew Dicenso's blog post 'Custom Bokuto'
Richard in the KDK class mentioned that someone in Oracle will actually make a custom one for you exactly as you want it. I've seen his custom one and it was quite decent. Don't know who the person is though. Ask sensei Monica or Bianca to get Richa…
January 27
Andrew Dicenso added a blog post
Recently I've been looking to replace my white oak bokuto with saya that I normally use. While white or red oak are both good woods to make bokuto out of they eventually wear down and start to splinter and crack. I went on an internet quest to find…
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About Ryuseiken Battodo

Battodo is the Japanese art of the drawn sword, and focuses on principles of swordfighting in the battlefield. We practice a combination of katas (fighting forms), sparring with padded swords, and test-cutting real targets with swords.

Perhaps unlike other styles that focus on more complex katas or one-on-one fight situations, we focus on developing proficiency on simpler but rapidly effective techniques. Since this is for the field, the sword is usually already drawn out of the scabbard (unlike iai). The tameshigiri or target-cutting skills also emphasize full swings and attacks to get the feel of cutting completely through the target rather than slicing, hacking or bashing the target.

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Andrew Dicenso

Custom Bokuto

Recently I've been looking to replace my white oak bokuto with saya that I normally use. While white or red oak are both good woods to make bokuto out of they eventually wear down and start to splinter and crack. I went on an internet quest to find online bokuto sellers that would give more of a choice in customization of length, style and wood composition of the sword. My search has yielded two pretty cool new sites that offer a wide variety of choices, or at least much more than we are used to… Continue

Posted by Andrew Dicenso on January 26, 2010 at 6:58pm — 2 Comments

rawnshah

Taisabaki 3 & 4 : hmmm?

I came across a potential mismatch between theory and practice in Taisabaki 3 and 4 last weekend and took some photographs to figure it out.

The basic point is that Taisabaki #3 (hidari) is a shift to the left, so that you are offside to the opponent but still within the same range (maai). Taisabaki #4 (migi) is a shift to the right to achieve the same but may not put you within the same range.

Here is Taisabaki #3, with a drawing of foot positions before and after. Notice that t… Continue

Posted by rawnshah on December 3, 2009 at 12:59pm — 2 Comments

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Kyu testing at CFHS

I tested 9 students yesterday for their Kyu ranks, most of them rokkyus, a few in the middle and two brown belts. The brown belts still have to demonstrate their cutting on Sunday the 13th to complete their test.

It took a good hour or so to do the testing but it seemed to go pretty quickly for me. It seems to take forever of waiting and then take a long time to do your own test, but in reality time passes pretty quickly. There's also the nervousness factor. It makes you forget what you already… Continue

Posted by rawnshah on December 2, 2009 at 1:15pm — 2 Comments

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Cutting a moving target

For advanced cutters, such as those who have been shodan for a while in our class, I think a standing target is becoming too easy. Yes, there are certainly still many possible cuts that you and I can't do yet on a target that is in a fixed location. But there is a whole domain of cutting that requires a different set of skills that we don't practice as often.

If you've been to our cutting sessions, you may notice at the end of class, we sometimes toss the last small cutable pieces at the studen… Continue

Posted by rawnshah on November 16, 2009 at 9:20am

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11/8/09 Cutting: How it went

It seemed like a long day (9am-1pm+) for cutting so I may not have all the details. Everyone certainly did better today. I think most people did quite good if not phenomenal today. I did record high speed videos but I never seem to find the time to edit and post them.

The best I saw today was Alex who is a yonkyu but was able to do a full (and nice) kihon-toho on a half goza. That's usually a nikkyu level cut. Charlie injured his palms and wasn't able to cut before they started bleeding so we h… Continue

Posted by rawnshah on November 8, 2009 at 1:50pm — 2 Comments

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Daniel

Hi I am new here :) 2 Replies

Started by Daniel. Last reply by Daniel Mar. 2, 2009.

Andrew Cameron

Friday's 10/26 Practice 3 Replies

Started by Andrew Cameron. Last reply by shakeel Feb. 27, 2009.

Christopher Arendt

Practice Bokuto with Saya! 3 Replies

Started by Christopher Arendt. Last reply by shakeel Feb. 15, 2009.

 
 

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Web sites & Resources

Matsuri: A Festival of Japan (2008) - Phoenix, AZ, Feb 23-28, Heritage Square

Battodo Ryuseiken in Japan. Also a partial site in english.



The Kodenkan of Tucson



The UofA Ryuseiken Battodo on the ASUA site



Tameshigiri.com - where we get goza. The ordering and shipping process are given.



Hanwei/Paul Chen swords



The Knighthawk Armoury builds some interesting realistic looking goshinken. They're expensive but they claim to be pretty durable (not yet tested by us).



Folding a Hakama the proper way



Woodall's Custom Workshop makes nice cutting stands for tameshigiri.


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