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Kata is for practice Waza for Fighting Keiko - Practice From Kim Taylor

Here's some fun, I found this in my hoard of budo research, the file was copied in 2013 but I may have written it much earlier. The FWIW file: Kim's Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Variations and Riai from research. Omori Ryu Kim's personal notes from oral instructions of his teachers: Mae-ushiro: 1. Can shift forward … Continue reading Kim’s Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Variations and Riai from research. Kim Taylor Aug 18, 2023

What can be seen and what cannot be seen - the aesthetic sense of the Japanese medieval arts. Akira Amagasaki The Gakushuin journal of international studies Vol 4, March 2017: 1-14 Imagine that you live in a world of extreme beauty. Would you appreciate it or would you be unaware of just how wonderful it … Continue reading What Cannot be Seen II Kim Taylor Aug 16, 2017 – Re-posted 17 Aug 2023

I warned the Pamurai that writing about the last class (pivot points is the essay) would be difficult. It's not that I'm a bad writer of technical stuff, I think, but that at some point it's easier to understand this stuff in the bones rather than in the ears. If folks want to understand my … Continue reading Not Rocket Science Kim Taylor Aug 13, 2016 – Re-posted 13 August 2023

Something written at 6am before the rest of the crew is up, on the second day of a seminar. We have gone through the first day of classes, An iaido seminar consisting of the Eishin Ryu set for Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu, and the Kendo Federation iaido set. Eric Tribe, newly minted Kendo Federation Iaido … Continue reading Seminar Report, August 11, 2023 Port Credit iaido and jodo. Kim Taylor Aug 12, 2023

Niten Guelph with ZOOM - Sunday, Aug. 20 - All Day (9:45am-4:45pm)

After an essay that mentioned the difference between 5, 6 and 7dan, (At 5dan we ask "do you have it". At 6dan we ask "do you own it". At 7dan we say "can you use it".) I was asked what "it" was and then what 8dan is. Good questions both. The it I was referring … Continue reading The IT factor Kim Taylor Aug 11, 2017 – Re-posted 11 Aug 2023

https://videopress.com/v/i09BLgEo?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Ali Awad and Genaro Liriano trainig leg capture and take down!