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Paul Sanderson-Cimino · 02-19-2005, 10:42 PM

Yoshokai aikido has weapons work from 7th kyu up. (Bokken, jo, tanto.) I think it's awesome.

I don't know anything about kenjutsu. However, I do recall hearing that the setsuninto katsujinken concept of the Yagyu school was put into practice with controlling rather than killing cuts. I remember hearing that O-sensei's own swordwork tended towards this method.

That said, most of what we practice would be pretty lethal. I think part of the point is to find a way to make a study of slashing people up and getting slashed up into a study of harmony.

02-19-2005, 10:42 PM	#13
Paul Sanderson-Cimino Dojo: Yoshokai; looking into judo Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 434 Offline	Re: bokken vs bokken? Yoshokai aikido has weapons work from 7th kyu up. (Bokken, jo, tanto.) I think it's awesome. I don't know anything about kenjutsu. However, I do recall hearing that the setsuninto katsujinken concept of the Yagyu school was put into practice with controlling rather than killing cuts. I remember hearing that O-sensei's own swordwork tended towards this method. That said, most of what we practice would be pretty lethal. I think part of the point is to find a way to make a study of slashing people up and getting slashed up into a study of harmony.