Japanese swordfighting
November 2009 Blog Posts (2)
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… Continue
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… Continue
Added by rawnshah on November 16, 2009 at 9:20am — No Comments
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… Continue
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… Continue
Added by rawnshah on November 8, 2009 at 1:50pm — 2 Comments
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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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