Toshishiro Obata 1986 Naked Blade A Manual of Samurai Swordsmanship – PDF

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Toshishiro Obata 1986 Naked Blade A Manual of Samurai Swordsmanship – PDF DOWNLOAD

Language : English
Pages : 128
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Toshishiro Obata 1986 Naked Blade A Manual of Samurai Swordsmanship – PDF DOWNLOAD

CONTENTS

Introduction 1
The Author 3
Toyama-Ryu Batto Jutsu 7
The Japanese Sword 13
Wearing the Sword 21
The Formal Bow 31
Tenouchi: The Grip 36
Kamae: The Stances 38
Kiri-Kata: Cutting Techniques 47
Batto-Jutsu: Drawing & Cutting 57
Happo-Giri: The Eight Basics 65
Toyama-Ryu Kata 72
Tameshigiri: Test Cutting 115

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Toshishiro Obata 1986 Naked Blade A Manual of Samurai Swordsmanship – PDF DOWNLOAD

INTRODUCTION:

• Unlike kendo, the modern sportive form of Japanese fencing, or the companion art of sword drawing known as iai-do, Batto Jutsu is the original art of unsheathing the incomparably sharp Japanese sabre, and in one continuous movement, cutting down an aggressor.
• To the feudal Samurai, mastery of the martial arts including Batto Jutsu, was an absolute necessity, as it was the means by which he performed his primary function of service to his master.
• As such, the Samurai caste and their knowledge of the martial ways, constituted the rule of law for over one thousand turbulent years of Japanese history.
• The beauty of Toyama Ryu Batto Jutsu, lies in its spartan simplicity and deadly effectiveness; devoid of artificial or theatrical postures, it is simply an efficient, practical and blindingly fast way of mortally wounding an opponent in a single decisive act of self defence.
• Its destructive power is devastating, as can be see’n from the skilled swordsman’s ability to cut cleanly through all manner of tough materials even iron and steel.
• The precise combination of technique, power and correct angle of blade engagement (hasuji) that makes these prodigious feats possible however, can only be learnt in a traditional school where the old methods, based on actual combat experience are still followed, and the true method of cutting therefore, fully understood.
• Technique however, is but half of the equation for without a suitable sword, obviously the art of swordsmanship is as nothing. Many of us have been raised in the

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