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
Recommended Links
Sites that seem gone or moved without notice will be removed in time (please notify us about broken links)
Other sites by me
- www.truefork.org links to all my sites including Hajime and the Dragon Preservation Society.
FAQs and other starting points
- ABKF for Iaido, Jodo and Kendo in Belgium
- Sumo
- Judo
- World of Judo and Jujutsu another nice site with some articles by Steve Cunningham
- Naginata
- Shotokan Planet I particularly like the "heresy" section.
- Japanese sword faq
- Internet Virus Hoaxes because I don't want to get any more hoax virus warnings.
- Knots on the Web tying knots, not presented as a martial art, but useful anyway :-)
- No-Nonsense Self-Defense by Marc "Animal" MacYoung
Online Journals etc
- Koryu Books most excellent resource by ex-Aikido Journal-editor Diane Skoss
- Electronic Journals of Martial Arts and Sciences a growing list of interesting articles
- Aikido Journal Online the new AJ site
- AikiWeb I think it qualifies as online journal.
- Aikido Today Magazine
- Guelph Iaido, home of the Iaido newsletter
- Furyu: The Budo Journal Wayne Muromoto's journal. Check his other sites too (some rare Dave Lowry material there).
- HACA - The Historical Armed Combat Association has some rare resources, and is updated often.
- IHS Home Page International Hoplology Society
- The swordforum originally focussed on "highlander" katanas, but now includes a variety of sword topics. Has reviews of sword products.
- E-Budo.com The Internet's Source for Japanese Martial Arts and Culture Well organised discussion forums.
- Iaido training trips journal by Chris Gilham
- The Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts (AEMMA)
Online Books
- Books On-line check out Sun Tzu's art of war (Giles translation)
- The Internet Classics Archive check out Xenophon's war stories (Anabasis e.a.)
- Jeri's Tae Kwon Do Book an interesting story of someone's journey training Tae Kwon Do.
Some sites about Japan
- J Guide: Stanford Guide to Japan
- Dave Aldwinckle's essays on living in Japan as gaijin, not always a sunny experience
- Green Gables: A Contemplative Companion to Fujino Township
- Japanese Language online Japanese/English English/Japanese dictionnary and some language essays
- Basic Terms of Shinto
- Shintoism
- Cyber Shrine part of the Electric Samurai
- Oomoto a site on the shin shukyo founded by Nao Deguchi
- History of Japanese Costume
- Taiko (drums)
- Toshiro Mifune a site devoted to the great actor
- Anime Web Turnpike a great and well-ordered link collection on Japanese animation
- Web Resources for Japanese Food
- Bonsai Web
- Bonsai Kitten actually this has nothing to do with Japan, but with how a very tasteless joke can become a free speech issue.
- Shakunage Cultural Foundation includes Tamiya ryu iaijutsu
- Japan Reference Page
Japanese swords and related hardware
- Sword.ne.jp a site in English about "swinging the Japanese sword"
- Usagitei make your own Japanese armor from cardboard! (and learn some Japlish...)
- So what is a tsuba?
- Grey Company Trebuchet Page magnificent siege engines
- The Arador Armour Library
Clubs, organisations and individuals with interesting sites
- Sakura Ternat by Jean Trembloy
- The Meishin Kyudojo Homepage kyudo website maintained by Dan and Jackie DeProspero. Consider getting one of their books
- Shinkendo Hombu page of Toshishiro Obata's system
- Shindo Muso ryu Jodo (Rick Polland's organisation)
- Franck Cengizalp's page (in French) contains material on Suio Ryu Iai, Aikido, Shodo and other things.
- Martial Arts and Ways links page by Tom Bolling and home of the Kenyu newsletter
- The Edmonton Shotokan Karate School contains some interesting material on Takayuki Mikami and Teruyuki Okazaki
- Aoinagi Karate Club Shito-ryu site with forum and nicely searchable archives
- Yoshioka Sensei's Aikido Aikido in Hawaii.
- Mad about Aikido information about several styles of Aikido for beginners.
- Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu site by Kondo Katsuyuki.
- Daito Ryu Aiki Bujutsu Fuji Yama Dojo
- TAKUMAKAI Takeda Sokaku's school at Asahi
- British Aikido Association is mostly about Tomiki Aikido.
- Jiyushinkai Aikibudo nice pages from C. E. Clark's dojo, interesting essays and pictures.
- Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu would a real ninja deny to be a ninja, or claim to be a ninja to avoid suspicion of being a real ninja?
- Genbukan/KJJR Chiryaku Dojo Belgium official website approved by Shoto Tanemura
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