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Re: Kenjutsu

PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:10 am
by ors
Hi!

here is a very nice interview with Tetsuzan Kuroda sensei by Stanley Pranin:

http://www.kwoon.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1312

Take a look, it was very interesting for me...

Cheers!

Örs

Re: Kenjutsu

PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:12 am
by Ian
another thing I like about kuroda sensei is that half the time he's the uke in his demos.

Re: Kenjutsu

PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 6:20 pm
by Finny
Traditionally in koryu bugei, the senior takes the role of Uke - particularly initially - being expected to have both more control and ability to protect the initiate, and also being expected to have more skill and be able to protect himself.

Article on just that subject:

http://www.koryu.com/library/tnishioka1.html