there's as many as *three* #koryū groups in Bonn of all places. Hokushin Ittō-ryū, Ono-ha Ittō-ryū, and Hatakeyama Katori Shintō-ryū. Plus a HEMA group that does montante. And a leftist muay thay gym, and a kendō group. (not to mention it's the Latinx town in NRW.) what's up with Bonn specifically
Nice to find someone who has done #SuioRyu #koryu at the startup workshop I was leading today in Lappeenranta! The workshop was using aikido principles but didn’t expect one of the guys would be into koryu. Completely random :)

I like to write about budo. This about the stuff that's more fundamental than the basics.
https://peterboylan.substack.com/p/kihon-for-kihon?r=rf53p
I should find an Alexander Technique teacher and find out how they teach this stuff.

#budo
#iaido
#karate
#judo
#jodo
#aikido
#koryu
#kenjutsu
#kendo
#naginata
#jujutsu

Kihon for Kihon

You need some basics before you can learn the basics.

Peter Boylan

Is there anyone who does #iaido or #koryu #kenjutsu who would recognise the chiburi from this kata (#AikiToho by #aikido sensei #Nishio)?

I’m not sure how well the hive mind on Mastodon will work but I’ve been looking for the answer for some time. Some charts list it as a chiburi from #SuioRyu while others don’t. High ranking people from Suio Ryu didn’t recognise it. A practitioner of Aiki Toho stated error in table. But I haven’t been able to link to any other school.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uiiu3YeKTEc

Nukiawase (Gokyo)

YouTube

Spent about half an hour showing oldest (14) principles of #Jojutsu using two #StarWars shorter lightsabers joined, against a single long blade saver.

She was having a blast... and learning about balance, stance, grip, center, distancing, timing... all without incurring the sense of a rigid lecture/lesson format.

Win-win

#Koryu #Kenjutsu #Aikido

@tuban_muzuru @paninid true, unfortunately.

Furthermore, we can mock and jeer at Nietzsche for simplistic views, all we want, but it's true. Monsters won't fall to sweet, innocent people.

To be able to kill a monster you must partake of the willingness to visit violence (not necessarily in physical sense, please notice that) that they have towards others.

There is a form of sacrifice one must make, sometimes you need to put away the sweetest, best part of yourself in order to bring an end to true evil.

The sword that kills is also the sword that allows life, but make no mistake, you are still taking a life. Wish more people heeded the simple, stark lessons of old #Koryu

Always clean your training weapons wearing funny ramen print pajama pants.

#Aikido #Koryu #Jodo #Kenjutsu

I am not saying I disregard traditional form, after all I started in #Koryu #sword, but the fucks I give about promotion and rank advancement, at this point, are best described when elevated to a irrational number. Meh.
:: Tears For Fears enters the chat ::
#kiai #kakegoe #koryu