Kampai Budokai
Articles
- Introduction to Iaido
- Jodo
- Miyamoto Musashi: life, art, writings, kenjutsu
- Sven's trip to Kyushu
- Bloodgrooves and blade stiffness
- The Satsuma Biwa
- Book of five elements
- Tool to convert shaku, cm and inch
- Examples of Ju Jitsu (pdf)
Technique descriptions
- ZNKR Jodo
- Uchida ryu tanjojutsu
- ZNKR Iaido
- Niten Ichi ryu Hyoho
- Muso Shinden Omori ryu
- Muso Shinden ryu okuden tachiwaza
- Shinkage ryu iai
- Tamiya ryu Iaijutsu
- Two new ZNKR seitei iai kata
- Tachi uchi no kurai (Eishin ryu)
- Tachi uchi no kurai (Muso Shinden ryu)
Reviews
Books
- Reading list
- Decouvrir le Iai-do by J. Lobo, S. Santoro, ed. R. Habersetzer
- Pierre Delorme's Iaido and Kendo books
- Kenjutsu, the Art of Japanese Swordsmanship by Charles Daniel
- Aiki Tessen Jutsu by Hiro Mizukoshi
Videos
- The Sword of Aikido by Saotome Mitsugi
- Self Defense Aikido by Obata Toshishiro
- Nishio Aikido by Shoji Nishio
Seminars
- Amsterdam 1996 Iaido Seminar
- Lee Seminar, 1996
- Guelph 1997 Seminar
- Sittard summer seminar, 1998
- Nakakura seminar, 1998
- Amsterdam 2000 Jodo & Iaido Seminar
Events
Links
Gyakuto
There are several ways to finish: a stab; a simple pull (supposedly popularized by Nakayama Hakudo to stop his students from stabbing through their hands), and a vertical stab. Also optional is moving forward and back before and after the stab.
Stab:
Pull:
Stab with forward movement:
The draw can be an evasive move like so:
Or a deflection, like so:
With stab:
With forward and backward movement:
