Thread: Hasso no Kamae
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Old 04-18-2007, 11:27 AM   #6
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Re: Hasso no Kamae

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Jun Akiyama wrote: View Post
I, too, found the "looks like an (arabic numeral) 8" description very lacking. I think it comes from the visual of Saito sensei's "hassou" series in his jo suburi.
I concur.

The explanation I heard in Japan was that the scabbard and raised sword create the shape of the kanji for 8 [八] lying on its side. I have nothing more than anecdotal evidence for this so far.

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