On my five-hour drive home, including a snowstorm in Bavaria, I had a lot of time to contemplate my experiences I made over the last two days. The past weekend I have stayed again at the Chiba-Dōjō (Honbu) of the Hokushin Ittō-Ryū Hyōhō for a private Kaichō seminar with the 7th Sōke of the school, … Mehr About Yoroi
I am happy to offer space on my blog this time for a guest contribution. It is an article written by one of our Kenshi from the Dōkōkai Firenze (Italy) who stayed over two weeks at the Honbu-Dōjō of the Hokushin Ittō-Ryû Hyōhō as an Uchi-deshi. One week for his private training and the second … Mehr Two weeks as Uchi-deshi at the Chiba Dōjō
The school I am a member of, the Hokushin Ittō-Ryū Hyōhō, was founded almost two hundred years ago (in the early 1820‘s). The first fifty years of its existence are probably the most important and most eventful in Japanese history. The subsequent five decades have been shaped by a boisterous atmosphere of change as well … Mehr Timeless
On July 1st, 2017 a Koryû Enbu was held in Besançon in eastern France (around 80 km from the swiss border). It is a striking place for a Koryû Enbu as the city had a significant military importance throughout its history. I was told that even today the city holds the biggest garrison of the french … Mehr Koryû Enbu in Besançon (France) on July 1, 2017
In the second week of April I went for another private seminar to the Hombu Dōjō of the Hokushin Ittō-Ryū Hyōhō. These weekends are always very special. They are filled with hard training and afterwards very long talks about Koryū and life in general while eating delicious foods… and of course drinking fancy stuff! … Mehr Musha-Shugyō at the Chiba-Dōjō of the Hokushin Ittō-Ryū Hyōhō
Translation of an article from February 2014. The reason for writing it where discussions on certain social media about the preservation of Koryû schools and the means to do this (or not). Jibun no ryûha o mamoru is a simple japanese phrase meaning: Protecting (defending) one’s own school. This can mean different things: First, … Mehr Jibun no ryûha o mamoru
This is the english translation of an older blog post in german from November 2015. Gekiken (撃剣) refers to the free sparring of various Ryûha using Bôgu and Shinai. Once a standard of probably the most schools, it is today part of the curriculum of just a few left. The reasons for this are … Mehr Some thoughts on Gekiken
