Xmas buy—Amazon Katana vs. Paul Chen
What panic buying for Christmas? The big festival is approaching threateningly. Haven’t thought of a present for yourself yet? How about a cheap katana for cutting exercises? Can you quickly …
$700 Aliexpress Katana — A real Katana from China?
Cheap sword purchase with the same benefit? Anyone who comes up with the idea of buying a real katana from Japan will be impressed by the extreme prices. If you …
Speed of technique
Qhick drawing of the sword There is the erroneous assumption that Iaido practices drawing the sword as quickly as possible. The katana has to be used. As long as is …
Always kihon!
Simple means not easy Learning the ›basics‹, technical term Kihon, translated: the basic technique or elementary school, will not come to an end, that said in advance. In learning Iaido, …
Iaido-Enbu Hatanaka Atsumi
According to Google Translate sensei Hatanaka Atsumi, 8th Dan will perform five katas in 2019. The location cannot be reconstructed. Once again it is nice to study the different versions …
Iaido-Enbu in Tokyo
The title of the YouTube channel can be missunderstood: here we can watch a small Iaido special demonstration 2021/4/4 on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the 61st Tokyo …
Tameshigiri virtual
Training without exertion? This is possible if you have the right game (Project ShibaInu) at home. No more lang journeys to the dojo, no more annoying teacher comments — sounds …
Mae: Draw cut challenge
At some point you should realize that Iaido is not about “drawing” as quickly as possible. But it seems fun to chase balls. Cats can do that quite well too. …
How to Put Iaido clothes on properly
Put on Iaido clothes — complete guide Warakiri Battosai‹ (= swordsman slashing straw) shows in several steps how to put on Iaido clothing correctly. Unfortunately the following movie is in …
Zen Nihon Kendo Renmei Iai – Teaching Movie
This movie contains ›ZNKR-Iai‹ (former named ›Seitei-Iai‹) including all 12 kata. Noboru Ogur is performing (YT indication). Useful background information can also be found in the official Iai manual of …