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Re: bokken strike style
Hi all,
Keith is spot on. I have studied and continue to study Iwama Ryu aikido for almost 25 years, I did some modern battodo and I am a shoden level licensed instructor of a late Edo period koryu jujitsu/sword art. In my experience aikido weapons are for training a certain set of body skills and are not all that good for sword fighting. Koryu arts are for how to use a sword to kill. In koryu you will use the sword differently depending on the time period and if there is armor or not.
Best,
Eric Winters
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