AJKF Iai Manual English Description. This Iai Manual explains Manner, Performance (Exsection of Forms 1-12) and some Supplement. Product details Product Dimensions: 148mm x 210mm x mm. Shipping Weight: About g. Publicasion Date: 3/2014. Iaido Training Manual Iaido Student Manual (.pdf) and uniform you are also preparing your mind. The discipline of the class starts long before your appearance at the dojo. Before dressing check your finger and toenails and trim them if needed. Iaido training manual - Free Textbook PDF Iaido Book - ZNKR Seitei Iaido Training Manual.
NITEN ICHIRYU MANUALSThese Manuals arecerlox boundfor ease of use while training. Kata are presented by a quick keyreminder,general instructions on the physical movements, and then advanced notesincluding hints on movement and explanations of meaning. | |
NITENICHI RYU MANUALNIR-1NITEN ICHI RYU: THE SWORD OF MUSASHI MIYAMOTOThisbook contains all the kata from the three levels of the Niten Ichi-ryu,long vs long sword, short vs long sword and 'long and short' vs longsword.There are quick descriptions, detailed descriptions and over 200illustrations.The book is cerlox bound for easy opening and use. Also included is adetailed historyof Musashi, genealogy tables, and an interview with Sei Do KaiinstructorMatsuo Haruna. | |
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The Go Rin no Sho of Miyamoto MusashiNIR-2 The Go Rin no Sho ofMiyamoto MusashiThis is a new translation of the GoRin no Sho by a student of the art, edited and commented by Kim Taylorwho has studied the art since the early 1990s and has written themanual above. | |
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Hyoho:The strategy, ethics and philosophy of Miyamoto MusashiThis book is a commentary on Musashi's writings beyond the Go Rin noSho, specifically the Heiho Sanjugokajo and the Dokkodo. The book also includes detailed instruction on the two sets of Oyo Wazakata, 5 Sessa and 5 Aikuchi. | |
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JODO MANUALLBJ-1THE LITTLE BOOK OFJODO (I)TheLittle Book of Jodo covers the ZNKR seitei jo.With over 500 photos it covers the kihon tandoku (solo exercise), kihonsotai(partnerbasics exercise) and the kata(partnerapplications). | |
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Tanjo Jutsu ManualThe Uchida Ryu is one of the associated arts of the Shindo Muso Ryu andconcerns the walking stick. This manual covers the 12 kata of the school and also presents selfdefence applications. | |
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SelfDefence Cane ManualThis book covers the fundamentals of using your cane for self defence.It starts with exercises to improve joint motion and increase fitness,moves on to the basic blocks and strikes and then to some discussion oncane retention. For those of all ages who want to get a start preparing for their oldage. | |
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IAIDOMANUALSThese Manuals arecerlox boundfor ease of use while training. Kata are presented by a quick keyreminder,general instructions on the physical movements, and then advanced notesincluding hints on movement and explanations of meaning. Each kata hastwo illustration sets, one showing the purpose of the kata and onedetailingthe movements from the front, and from the side. | |
BBI-1KIM'S BIG BOOK OF IAIDO (I)The ManualPronunciation guide,Historyof Japanese Sword, Sword schools and Kendo, Iai ranking requirements,Listof waza names, Care and use of equipment,Etiquette,Sword basics, stances, suburi, Glossary of terms. This book is notrestrictedto Iaido practice but forms a good general introduction to Japaneseswordtraining. | |
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BBI-2KIM'S BIG BOOK OF IAIDO (II):Seitei Gata (Zen KenRen Iai)All Japan KendoFederation(ZNKR) Iaido forms (Seitei Gata Iai): History of Seitei Gata Iai, Forms1-10, Quick Key, General Instructions and Advanced Notes. Lavishly illustrated.One of the easiest books to learn from. | |
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BBI-3KIM'S BIG BOOK OF IAIDO (III):Omori RyuMuso Jikiden EishinRyu Seizano bu (Omori Ryu): History of Omori Ryu,Forms1-11, Quick Key, General Instructions and Advanced Notes. Notes on AllJapan Iaido Federation practice are also included. Illustrated. | |
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BBI-4KIM'S BIG BOOK OF IAIDO (IV):Eishin RyuMuso Jikiden EishinRyu TateHiza no bu. (Eishin Ryu): Detailed genealogy and history of Iai andothersword schools, Forms 1-10 and Haya Nuki(quickpractice). | |
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BBI-5KIM'S BIG BOOK OF IAIDO (V):Oku IaiMuso Jikiden EishinRyu OkuIai. Forms 1-8 Oku Iai Zawaza (Tate Hiza no Bu), Forms 1-10 Oku Iai TachiWaza (standing forms) and Oku Iai Itomagoi 1-3 (Seiza no Bu). Sixolderpractice forms not contained in the school curriculum are also includedin this volume. | |
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BBI-7KIM'S BIG BOOK OF IAIDO (VII):Kurai ToriMuso ShindenRyu partner practice, the second set of Tosa Iai sword striking kata.This manual outlines the kataas they are done in the Muso Shinden line with explanations of thedifference from the Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu line. | |
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BBI-8KIM'S BIG BOOK OF IAIDO (VIII):Tsume Ai no KuraiMuso Jikiden EishinRyu sword striking practice, thethird set of Tosa Iai sword striking kata. Includes a biographicalsection on Oe Masamichi and Nakayama Hakudo. | |
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BBI-9KIM'S BIG BOOK OF IAIDO (IX):Tosa Iai JujutsuThis manual contains all three sets of Jujutsu in theTosa iaido tradition, specifically Dai Sho Tsume, Dai ShoTachi Tsume and Tsume no Kurai which is a third set from the MusoShinden Ryu line. | |
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BBI-11KIM'S BIG BOOK OF IAIDO (XI):Teaching Ken Zen Ren Iai: Riai and KihonThis manual is intended for those who are teaching orlearning with sporadic contact with their instructor. The book includessections on Safety, Iaido default actions, Riai, the SDK ZenKenRenIaido kihon, and much more. | |
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TheRiai of Muso JikidenEishin Ryu: The Meaning of the KataThis is an interpretation from Kim Taylor on the meaning of the MusoJikiden Eishin Ryu iaido kata, the way they are arranged in the schooland what each level of training teaches the student. This ebook isintended for those who are advanced students in the art who wish tobegin moving deeper into their study. | |
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TheSword Through theMeiji Period: This book concentrates on two sword schools taught by Takeshi Mitsuzukasensei, the Keshi Ryu iai (police set of five kata) and the Hosoda Ryu(introduced as the Shindo Munen Ryu by Mitsuzuka sensei). Lavishlyillustrated with photographs of all the kata and with detailed notes oneach. | |
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Hereisthe modern history of Japanese sword in the west, collected in oneplace.The Iaido Newsletter and it's succesor the Journal of Japanese SwordArtsran from 1989 to 2001 when the print versions were retired and theElectronicJournals of Martial Arts and Sciences EJMAS.comtook over. TIN/JJSA Collected are cerlox bound 8.5 x 11 inchmanualsof approximately 100 pages each. (includesshipping in North America)TIN/JJSA number | Issues | Dates | Hard Copy Cerlox | PDF format ebook |
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Hammerterz Forum ranfrom 1994to 1999 and remains the premier journal of western sword arts. Whilemostof the world was getting their information from Hollywood, editor ChristophAmberger was publishing articles and information that wouldeventuallyspark and anchor a massive research boom in European swordsmanship.Ambergernot only researched the subject, he is one of the very few people I'mawareof who has actually participated in duels with 'sharps'. Asa member of two of the most respected duelling fraternities in Germanyhe fought seven Mensuren with the bell-guard and basket-hiltSchlägerbetween 1985 and 1987.Chris has givenSDKsuppliespermission to collect and offer Hammerterz Forum to those who were notfortunate enough to obtain the journal as it was published. This is'musthave' information for any serious student of the sword and SDKsuppliesis extremely pleased to be able to provide it once again. Somereprintedarticles from HF can be seen at TheJournal of Western Martial Arts.
Hammerterz ForumCollectedis 8x10 inches, and cerlox bound. It is 364 pages covering the Summerof1994 to the Fall of 1999, the complete print run. Skyrim animal ears mod.
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This book is the manual for the University of Guelph 'Gryphon Claws'women's self defence course taught since 1987 by Kim Taylor. The bookwas written in 1992 and contains material relevent to courses dealingwith self defence and sexual assault of University age adults. Thisbook contains the material from both free ebooks below.
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This e-book by Kim Taylor, written in 1996, is being offered tocustomers of SDKsupplies.com free of charge. It is a literature reviewof the research into, you guessed it, the psychological effects ofmartial arts training. For anyone who would like to say that theirmartial art or self defence course does some good, download it, readit. E-pub format.
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Kim has taught the women's self defense course 'Gryphon Claws' at theUniversity of Guelph since 1987. This is a two-part e-book in epubformat (zipped). The first part contains advice relevant to instructorsof any self defense course. The second part contains common senseadvice which can be given as a handout to your class. Feel free toshare this book with other self defense instructors. If you like thewriting style consider purchasing one of the manuals above. This is anexcerpt from the hard copy of 'A Student's Guide to Self-Defence: ADiscussion of PracticalSelf Protection' above. E-pub format
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A Student'sGuide to Self-Defence: A Discussion of PracticalSelf Protection
This book is the manual for the University of Guelph 'GryphonClaws'women's self defence course taught since 1987 by Kim Taylor. The bookwas written in 1992 and contains material relevent to courses dealingwith self defence and sexual assault of University age adults. This isan excerpt from the hard copy of 'A Student's Guide to Self-Defence: ADiscussion of PracticalSelf Protection' above. E-pub format
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This book of photography and poetry from Kim Taylor, has nothing at allto do with the martial arts or self defense. It contains some of Kim'sfine art nude photography (nothing graphic) so don't download it ifyou're looking for yet another way to smack someone with a stick. Thebook is here because I told some folks it would be here. By the way,it's a big book, byte-wise because of the photos so be patient withyour kobo as it loads. E-pub format
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The ZNKR iaido manual, otherwise known as 'the book' is thefinal wordon how the ZNKR iaido kata are performed. ZNKR iai is a set ofstandardized (seitei) kata to be used by all kendo federation iaidostudents and 'the book' is the reference for that standard. Within thatbook is a section called the Points for Grading and Refereeing which isa guide to judges on what they should look for in each kata. As such,they represent an instruction (ok think of it as an order) to judges tolook especially closely at these points which the ZNKR iaido committeeconsider to be important enough to look closely at.
I suspect students should consider these points to be the very barestminimum of things they ought to 'get right' if they want to pass theirnext grade. Now when you look at the points for 1 and 2 you'll findthat a lot of the points in 1 are not repeated in 2. I suggest tostudents that this does not mean the points in 1 can be ignored in 2, Isuggest that the intent is for the points to be cumulative. A pointwhich appears earlier in the instructions applies to a later kata ifapplicable. In other words, don't be a jailhouse lawyer about this, ifa movement is looked at earlier, it will be looked at in the same waylater.
Iaido Manual
Because I have heard for years that 'seitei gata changes every year', Ihave included for your amusement a set of instructions on these samepoints from a publication called 'The Guidance of Referee' created inEnglish by the Buko Dosokai in 1994. A look at the 2009 and the 1994instructions, perhaps by two different translators, will give you someidea of how much these most important and fundamental points havechanged over the 15 years between the publications. Incidentally, 1-10were dated as from 1988 and 11-12 from 2000 so the 1994 notes would notinclude the last two kata.For the photos below I'd like to thank my student Pam Morgan for herwillingness to model the points, any inaccuracies you spot are my faultnot hers. And they'd better not show up in your own practice.. if yousee them fix them.
Kata | 2009 instruction, | 1994 instruction, | Photographs |
Reiho | Ensure performers are executingthe correct manners as stated in the criteria. | Is the correct etiquette shown? | (Read the book.) |
1. Mae | a. Does the performer do enoughSayabiki when they cut the opponent's face with Nukitsuke? | Is sufficient sayabiki shown during nukitsuke? | |
b. Is the sword taken intoFurikaburi with a feeling of thrusting to behind the left ear? | Is the furikaburi made with a backwardsthrusting movement past the left ear? | ||
c. Is the tip of the sword abovethe horizontal position when in Furikaburi? | Does the kissaki drop below the horizontalwhen the sword is above the head? | ||
d. Is the sword brought downwithout hesitation during Kirioroshi? | Is the cut executed withoutpause? | (Do not stop at the aboveposition) | |
e. Is the tip of the swordslightly below horizontal at the end of Kirioroshi? | Does the cut finish a littlelower than horizontal? | ||
f. Is the shape and form ofChiburi correct? | Is the posture correct during chiburi? | ||
g. Is Noto performed correctly? | Is the noto executed correctly? | (According to your koryu style.) | |
Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu and Muso Shinden Ryu (below) | |||
2. Ushiro | a. When the turn is made, is theleft foot moved sufficiently to the left? | Is the player drawing the swordas he is turning and is the left foot being placed a little to the lefton the nukitsuke? | |
b. Is the horizontal cut made tothe opponent's temple? | Is the player cutting correctlyto the temple of the opponent? | ||
3. Ukenagashi | a. When the parry is made, doesit protect the upper body? | Is the upper half of the bodycovered by the sword in the ukenagashiposition? | |
b. Is the left foot brought backbehind the right foot and the cut made along the Kesa line? | Is the left foot drawn backbehind the right and is the cut diagonal? | ||
c. After the cut has been made,is the left hand in front of the navel and the sword tip a little belowhorizontal? | Is the left fist in front of thenavel and is the kissakislightly down on completion of the cut? | ||
4. Tsuka-Ate | a. Is the Tsukakashira surelypointed at the opponent's solar plexus? | Is the player aiming the tsuka correctly at the solar plexusof the opponent? | |
b. When the rear opponent isthrust, is this done with the right elbow extended fully and does theleft hand bring the Koiguchi to the navel? | On the thrust to the rear, isthe left hand holding the sayaturned inwards in front of the navel and is the right elbow extended onmaking the thrust? | ||
c. When the cut is made, is iton the vertical centerline and from the correct position above thehead? | As the body is again turned tothe front, is there a pulling movement as the sword is raised above thehead, and is the cut itself vertical? | ||
5. Kesagiri | a. When the initial upper cut ismade, is the right hand above the right shoulder when the sword isrotated? | Is the right hand above theshoulder as the sword is turned on the initial cut? | |
b. When Chiburi is performed, isit at the correct angle while the person steps back with the left footat the same time when their left hand takes hold of the Koiguchi? | Is the left hand gripping the saya as the left foot is moved backon the chiburui action? | ||
6. Morotezuki | a. Is the initial cut correctlymade from the opponent's temple down to their chin when making NukiUchi? | On the initial diagonal cut,does the cut stop at chin height? | |
b. Does the performer bringtheir left foot up behind their right? Is Chudan No Kamae correctlymade and the sword thrust into the correct target of the body? Is thethrust made with certainty? | Is the rear foot tsugiasi as the chudan kamae is adopted and is thethrust made accurately to the opponent solar plexus? | ||
c. Does the performer bringtheir sword above their head in a parrying action when pulling it outfrom the first opponent? | As the sword is drawn out, isthere a feeling of ukenagashias the sword is raised above the head? | ||
7. Sanpogiri | a. Is the initial cut to thefirst opponent made through the correct diagonal angle from the topright side of the head down to the base of the chin? | When making the first cut to theright, does the cut stop at chin height? | |
b. Is the cut to the opponent onthe left performed without hesitation? | After turning to the opponent onthe left, is the vertical cut made without pausing? | ||
c. Is the sword brought up toFurikaburi with a parrying action? | Is the sword raised above thehead with the feeling of ukenagashi before the final cut? | ||
d. Does the last cut finish atthe horizontal? | |||
8. Ganmen-Ate | a. Is the initial strike withthe Tsukagashira made between the eyes? | Is the tsuka-gashira aimed correctly atthe point between the eyes? | |
b. When turning to face theopposite direction, is the right hand placed on the hip? | Is the right fist placedcorrectly on the top of the ilium when facing the opponent at the rear? | ||
c. When facing the rearopponent, is the body turned completely to the rear with the rear heelslightly raised and in a straight line? | In this position, does the bodyturn round perfectly, and is the rear heel held a little off the floor? | ||
d. Is the thrust performedwithout too much bend in the knees? | Is the thrust made with the feetpointing forwards? | ||
9. Soete Zuki | a. When the initial diagonal cutis made from the opponent's right shoulder down through to the waist,is the right hand at the height of the navel and the sword tip slightlyabove the horizontal level? | When making the initial diagonalcut is the right fist at navel height and is the kissaki slightly higher than thefist? | |
b. Is the sword held securelybetween the left thumb and forefinger with the right hand near the hip? | Is the blade gripped between thethumb and index finger of left hand at around its centre point, and isthe right fist on the right hip? | ||
c. Does the right hand finish infront of the navel after making the thrust and does the thrustingaction adequately reach the opponent's body? | When making the thrust, does theright fist stop in front of the navel? | ||
d. When showing Zanshin, is theright elbow naturally straight and the right hand no higher or lowerthan the chest level? | When showing zanshin is the right arm straightand is the right fist no higher than the nipple? | ||
10. Shihogiri | a. Is the strike to the firstopponent's hand done firmly and effectively with the flat side of theTsuka? | Is the tsuka ate made strongly and withthe side of the tsuka? | |
b. In making Sayabiki, is theMune near the Monouchi of the sword on the chest and is the thrust madesurely into the solar plexus of the opponent? | When doing the sayabiki, is theridge of the sword near the monouchi touching the left chest and is theright hand held away from the body? | ||
c. When the thrust is made, isthe left hand brought to the center of the navel and both arms aid thetechnique with the correct tension? | When making the thrust, is thesaya pulled in front of the navel, and are the left and right handsmove towards each other? | ||
Square view | |||
d. Is the final cut made bygoing through Waki Gamae without hesitation or pause? | Is the sword raised above thehead for the final cut as part of the wakigamaeaction and not after wakigamae? | ||
11. Sougiri | a. When the sword is drawn up,is it in a correct position to parry an attack? | ||
b. When moving forwards, doesthe performer use Okuri Ashi footwork? | Image from kendo-guide.com | ||
c. When making the horizontalcut, is it performed horizontally with the correct angle of the blade? | |||
12: Nuki Uchi | a. When the sword is drawn upand out, have both feet moved back adequately to evade the downward cutof the opponent? | ||
b. When the right hand is takenupwards, is it in the center line of the body? | |||
c. Is the step forwards with theright foot sufficient to enable the sword to reach the target? | |||