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

• Community outreach
• Flower festival

Links

shaku - sun - bu

Shaku, sun, bu is a traditional Japanese length measure, a shaku being close to a foot. One shaku equals ten sun, and one sun equals ten bu. One bu is equivalent to 3.03022 mm, unless when used for measuring cloth, when it corresponds to 3.787 mm, or for indicating footwear sizes, in which case it corresponds to only 2.4 mm. Today the shaku-sun-bu unit system is used almost exclusively for atavistic measurements such as the length of swords and other traditional weapons (as in the roku-shaku bo for example).