Showing posts with label Iai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iai. Show all posts
Monday, 14 December 2009

The Use of Weapons

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After a few repeats of kesa giri I made it my learning point to look at losing the tension in my hands and arms. I needed to make the cut f...
Friday, 11 December 2009

Wish I'd brought me sword

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It doesn't happen often but this morning I've finished my house chores in good time, have little design work to do and find myself a...
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Monday, 23 November 2009

With respect to swords

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I have enjoyed my fencing beginner's course with Cambridge Sword but something I find amazing, shocking and at the same time fascinating...
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009

High Speed Martial Arts

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Don't try this at home. No, really...don't. ...and one for fans of iai:
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Friday, 8 May 2009

Saya construction

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The saya is the scabbard of a sword in Japanese. The saya has a beautiful finish to it and is very often so highly lacquered that one might ...
Thursday, 23 April 2009

Iai-hiza hurts. It's Official!

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Anyone familiar with iai will know that kneeling in seiza for long periods hurts like hell. Yes ok we all use knee pads but it still hurts t...
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Thursday, 9 April 2009

He who hesitates is lost

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Ok so I was going to make it (s)he who hesitates... but it sort of spoils the title bar...:-) I find that London is never as busy as in East...
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Sunday, 5 April 2009

Martial Arts Festival - iai

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This demo was lead by Hanshi Mike Selvey and as well as some iaido kata the guys treated us to some iai-jutsu kata and koryu kata as well as...
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Martial Arts Festival, Leicester

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as I pulled up at the Parklands leisure centre, Leicester, I realised the MAF-UK was going to be quite a big festival! There was a shuttle ...
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Tuesday, 12 February 2008

Despondent days

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–adjective. feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom. Feeling sorry for myself as I've been getting...
Wednesday, 9 January 2008

The Sword

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I'm reading a book about signs and symbols. This is an are which fascinates me. For me it's linked to the development of communicati...