(1908-1966) B. Hiroshima Prefecture. A famous iaido and kendo expert who was one of the top disciples of sword expert Hakudo NAKAYAMA. Known as one of the “Three Crows” (Samba Garasu) of kendo fame in the 1930s, roughly equivalent to the Three Musketeers. A friend of Morihei UESHIBA (See Tamura Int. AN#66) He gives an iaido demonstration in Video #1. See also Gorozo NAKAJIMA and Kiyoshi NAKAKURA.
As a holiday gift to the aikido community, Aikido Journal has created a new version of our Principal Disciples of Morihei Ueshiba chart, originally developed by AJ founder Stanley Pranin. We hope you’ll enjoy and...
The Aiki Expo events were major aikido seminars sponsored by Aikido Journal and conceived and organized by Stanley Pranin that gathered together many high-ranking teachers from Aikido, Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu, classical...
Mutual strike or cut. Sword term used to describe the circumstance where two swordsmen strike each other simultaneously. In AIKI KEN terminology, often used in contradistinction to AINUKE where neither swordsman can...
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