Konichiwa
I was wondering if anyone out there studies, Kenjutsu, Iaido, Iaijutsu, or any of the other Samurai Arts. Or even if your just intereseted I would like to know. Domo.
Jeikobu-San
Any Samurai out there?
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Jeikobu San
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Any Samurai out there?
"Dont not worry about your beard, when your head is about to be taken"
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Leonardo-san
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Hello Jeikobu san! Nice to meet you! Online anyway.
I train in iajutsu, and teeeechnically there is a bit of a difference. -Do and -Jutsu do have different meanings. And they tend to be interchangably used in the USA because most people don't understand the meanings. Sometimes we just say we train in iado, even though we really are training in iajutsu, which is mixed with a couple other sword -jutsu.
It's hard to explain if you have not seen it, but iado tends to be more "internal", with executing the perfect cut. It tends to be more of a moving meditation, does that make sense? (Lovely to watch someone who's trained for a long time!)
While iajutsu tends to be executed with correct form stressed, but with a bit more "external" *intent to cut*, so with a bit of kendo mixed in? Hm, not sure I got this explained right, but it's my best attempt.
I train in iajutsu, and teeeechnically there is a bit of a difference. -Do and -Jutsu do have different meanings. And they tend to be interchangably used in the USA because most people don't understand the meanings. Sometimes we just say we train in iado, even though we really are training in iajutsu, which is mixed with a couple other sword -jutsu.
It's hard to explain if you have not seen it, but iado tends to be more "internal", with executing the perfect cut. It tends to be more of a moving meditation, does that make sense? (Lovely to watch someone who's trained for a long time!)
While iajutsu tends to be executed with correct form stressed, but with a bit more "external" *intent to cut*, so with a bit of kendo mixed in? Hm, not sure I got this explained right, but it's my best attempt.
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Leonardo-san
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Ah, nice to hear from the others! Thanks for starting a nice topic Jeikobu!
That's impressive Jeff_W. You must have worked hard to have earned your shodan! Congratulations!
I think the hardest part to this? Is finding a good instructor!
When I lived in Ohio, there wasn't anyone near me teaching sword arts. When I came to California, I found a great dojo between my workplace and where I live, and so now I've been doing it for 4 years. Just starting the fifth year and still loving it!
I am preparing for my shoden demonstation that will be coming up at some point in the future. Whenever sensei decides he is seeing what he wants. (aaah!) For us, the shoden is the first true rank to earn. Sensei bestows his own form of a shodan rank at the 2-3 year mark, depending on how you train and when you've got the basic "boot camp" completed. Then we start learning the material to prepare for shoden, and keep on polishing all the basic stuff, too.
Our sensei organized a trip to Japan a year and a half ago, to train two days with his sword instructor there (he also has a jujutsu instructor in Japan, too). Then we went around Tokyo site seeing. And next spring, we're going back again. But this time, we'll get to go see Kyoto and Nara after we train the two days.
Having started training in sword was a great thing in a lot of ways, besides just the awesome part of getting to travel to Japan. It even helped with my horse riding and showing, and sometimes, I use some of the principles at work, too. <smirk>
And yes, Shishio, you are right that many samurai trained in jujutsu, too. There's a whole bunch of things samurai could be trained in, depending on their rank, ability, location, and available teachers, including how to swim in armor-jutsu (I can't remember the Japanese term for that one)!
I hope you do get to back into training someday.
That's impressive Jeff_W. You must have worked hard to have earned your shodan! Congratulations!
I think the hardest part to this? Is finding a good instructor!
When I lived in Ohio, there wasn't anyone near me teaching sword arts. When I came to California, I found a great dojo between my workplace and where I live, and so now I've been doing it for 4 years. Just starting the fifth year and still loving it!
I am preparing for my shoden demonstation that will be coming up at some point in the future. Whenever sensei decides he is seeing what he wants. (aaah!) For us, the shoden is the first true rank to earn. Sensei bestows his own form of a shodan rank at the 2-3 year mark, depending on how you train and when you've got the basic "boot camp" completed. Then we start learning the material to prepare for shoden, and keep on polishing all the basic stuff, too.
Our sensei organized a trip to Japan a year and a half ago, to train two days with his sword instructor there (he also has a jujutsu instructor in Japan, too). Then we went around Tokyo site seeing. And next spring, we're going back again. But this time, we'll get to go see Kyoto and Nara after we train the two days.
Having started training in sword was a great thing in a lot of ways, besides just the awesome part of getting to travel to Japan. It even helped with my horse riding and showing, and sometimes, I use some of the principles at work, too. <smirk>
And yes, Shishio, you are right that many samurai trained in jujutsu, too. There's a whole bunch of things samurai could be trained in, depending on their rank, ability, location, and available teachers, including how to swim in armor-jutsu (I can't remember the Japanese term for that one)!
I hope you do get to back into training someday.
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Jeikobu San
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I live in Columbia, SC. There is one person who travels here every friday night to teach Kyushin Ryu Kenjutsu. So I can only learn on friday night. I want to move about an hour away to Charleston, where there are three diffrent Swordsmanship dojos, all offering Iaido, and Kenjutsu classes. But for now I must take care of my family. So Im trying to be paitent. My girlfriend has went to a couple of classes and has fell in love with it. So we both hope to one day go some where and train. I would love to go to the Dojo of the Four Winds in California. Master James Williams teachs there and he is one of the greatest Swordsman in the world. That is my dream.
Jeikobu-San
Jeikobu-San
"Dont not worry about your beard, when your head is about to be taken"