Felicitations a mes deux eleves George Hill et David
Marteney qui ont passe avec succès leur examen de 2eme Dan (Niddan) en
Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu en Octobre dernier. Le test a eu lieu au Big Green Drum Dojo a Pensacola en Floride. Carl Long Hanshi était
l’examinateur.
David Marteney et George Hill
George
et David ont repris l'activité Iaijutsu de Mokurai Dojo a Dothan en Alabama aux Etats Unis après mon départ en 2021.
J'espère
les retrouver pour m’entrainer (et partager quelques bières et hot
wings ) avec eux en Alabama ou en Pennsylvanie avant l’ete 2024.
Another video taped at the Dothan Botanical Garden last Thursday with my students, in the first part a group practice of the Sword waza "Zantotsuto", the 6th one of the "Batto-Ho" series. In the 2nd part the Bunkai practice of the same move.
Batto Ho is a group of waza common to several Styles of Iaido, including Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu.
the one we study in Dothan at the Yoshukai Dojo and in Pensacola at the Big Green Drum Dojo.
In our Bunkai interpretation of Zantotsuto, the two opponents walk toward each other. As Uchidachi (the bad guy) raises his hands to draw his sword, Shidachi (the good guy) stops him by drawing faster right on top of his hands. As Uchidachi steps back Shidachi follows him with the intention to skewer him (Tsuki attack). Uchidachi draws his sword under Shidachi's sword and tries to whack it out of the way by hitting it upward with his own sword. However, Shidachi keeps pushing and cuts Uchidachi, either in a vertical downward cut (Kirioroshi) or in a forward slicing cut of his hands.
As previously stated for our other videos this is not a perfect demonstration, but simply an example of what we practice in our Iaijutsu class at the Yoshukai Dojo in Dothan, Alabama. If you wish to see the real stuff, please refer to Masayuki Shimabukuro Sensei videos : Samurai Swordmanship
The Bunkai is our own interpretation of a situation where Zantotsuto could be used. There would be other interpretations, and I invite you to figure some out and post videos on Youtube for us to compare and discuss. Remember however that Sword Practice, even with a Boken (wooden sword) can generate serious wounds.
Great class in Pensacola yesterday at the Big Green Drum Dojo
We went through : Seiza Mae Tsukikage Junto Sono Ni Shihoto Zentekigyakuto Sono Ni Moniri Tsubamegaeshi
Moniri and Tsubamegaeshi were (almost) new waza for us as we had only studied them once with Long Sensei earlier during one of his seminars.
Classes like these are very profitable as we can quietly get into details of waza we have practiced times and times, with possible mistakes (we had for example practiced the wrong Chiburi on Tsukikage for the last 3 months...).
It also answered some of the questions we had, for which I did not know the answers...
I will e-mail my notes to everyone in a separate e-mails
Thank you Patty Sensei for your help and patience.
