Ryuseiken Battodo

Japanese swordfighting

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Comment by rawnshah on December 29, 2008 at 11:30am
Andrew sempai got real lucky with this shot catching it the moment after it cut through. Very often with still photos, the sword is just a blur (or maybe my camera just isn't up to it) or the target is already on the floor. Kinda why I wish I had the $750 to get the casio FX1 high speed camera some day.
This was an X cut tsubamegaesh which I pulled off successfully that time.
Comment by Al Kilgore on December 29, 2008 at 11:10am
This looks like it was well executed. I can tell by your eyes that you were already on to the next action the moment the blade slipped through. Blink of an eye really. I often dont like the stills of myself cutting because I often have my eyes closed it seems, though I dont ever remember blinking. I think the inverted draw is hard to pull off, looks like you did it pretty well here. Excellent!

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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