April 2010
Seminar Notes 99
by TakwannGUELPH SPRING SEMINAR NOTES - MAY 1999
by Jacques Van Alsenoy, Belguim.
The purpose of these notes is only to note what specific points were emphasised (or struck me) - they are not intended at all to be full descriptions of the different katas (I am not that smart, yet. Maybe one day... who knows!).
February 2010
THE IAIDO NEWSLETTER - Volume 1 number 1 Nov 1989
by Takwann(IPPONME) MAE (front advance)
This technique is roughly equivalent to Mae of Muso Jikiden, or Shohatto of Muso Shinden Ryu.
(...)The Muso Shinden noto is as follows
(...) For Muso Jikiden proceed as follows.
December 2009
IAIDO MAISON BLANCHE
by TakwannL’histoire du Iaidō et des différents koryū (écoles anciennes) est assez complexe.
September 2009
ZNKR iaido, by José Martinez-Abarca
by Takwann (via)Zen Nihon Kendo Renmei Iaido was developed in the 1960s and 70s by an appointed panel of the All Japan Kendo Association (ZNKR or JKA). The original intention was to produce a standard that could be used for gradings nationally and internationally. The idea was to provide a common foundation as a way to unite the various traditional schools of iaido or koryu and to expand the scope of the ZNKR. It was not merely a method to get kendo players to pick up real swords as has been incorrectly assumed.
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