Monthly Archives: March 2005

There can be only one

There is really only one iriminage (入り身投げ). I had thought the short, direct version was different from the long version where you make a tenkan (転換) and a henkan/kaiten (回転), but they’re just two continuations of the same technigue, entering. … Continue reading

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Would God be cut?

Went to see Cutting Edge at the British Museum late last year and it was quite an experience. Nothing flashy, just a bunch of old and pretty swords in display cabinets. You couldn’t touch them but, as silly as it … Continue reading

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