sissara

Thank you very much, I had the post signed. And yes, posting on e-budo is a good idea. But it could be another hornet 's nest, practitioner type. :D I will try. Issara

Many thanks John, I think some basic techniques which are shared among early ryu might based on well established techniques used in the earlier period. They also had some common theme where the founders obtained techniques from meta-warriors such as tengu, gods or holy spirits. Which 's, IMO, a polite way to say that either the teachers are preferred to be unnamed or the techniques are synthesis from multiple sources.

Greeting NMB members, I am very new to this board and this is my first post. Please forgive me if the topic was already discussed. I am now interested in the duel-like swordsmanship of kamakura period (12-14 century) warriors. From my preliminary internet search, the swordsmanship of the era is not yet systematic. There 's no documentation of tachi technique from kamakura period. Most of ko-ryu have been documented in 14-16 century. And the documented kenjutsu seems to be base on different kind of sword, designed for intense fight on battlefield. Some historical opinions suggested that, using of Tachi during battle 's rare to none. Those bushi seems to fight with Yumi then armor grabbing and then stabbing with companion shorter sword. And result from skull analysis 's not conclusive. http://www.naippe.fm.usp.br/arquivos/ho ... rt%201.pdf http://www.tameshigiri.ca/2014/04/25/th ... al-trauma/ I am wondering that if Tachi is only symbol of status, and the art is not very important for battle, why Go Toba 's so serious on sword research instead of yumi or yoroi improvement? ok, it might be the emperor 's personal enthusiasm in sword making. But why the sword making schools are always relocated to the power centers of the period? For example, many schools are immigrated to sagami province which is the center of the Kamakura Shogunate. This is unlikely that sword making 's an art like pottery or wood carving. I had studied heiji scroll, most of warriors are holding yumi and some are holding naginata. But some of them are drawing their tachi (mostly foot soldiers). It would be nice if you could help me gain some insight in the swordsmanship of the kamakura period. Many thanks, Issara