Shugyo

 Having had the honour of being invited to lead various iaido and jodo taikai over the last 15 years or so, it came to mind the other day wh...

 Continuing on with the discussion concerning what happens after the final, decisive "kiritsuke" movement in an iaido kata, I was ...

Well, not exactly. But I did discover a document that I started in 1997, about a year after I moved back to the UK from Japan. I have pasted...

I was once told during a written examination of iaido in Japan, that the four "columns" of iaido consisted usually of nukitsu, kir...

It can sometimes be very rewarding to teach beginners as they have few expectations and biases and are a mostly empty cup to fill. Putting y...