Ichijoji

Sumi-e, strategy and swordsmanship - inspired by the arts of Miyamoto Musashi

Showing posts with label Kyoto Butokuden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kyoto Butokuden. Show all posts
Tuesday, 21 November 2023

Sound principles - sound and awareness in swordsmanship

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Ichikawa Raizo playing the blind swordsman in the film Daibosatsu Toge: Ryu no Maki. His character (who was blinded at the end of the first ...
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Chris Hellman
The title of this blog, Ichijoji, refers to the site of the battle between Miyamoto Musashi and the massed forces of the Yoshioka clan. It was also, as it happens, not more than ten minutes away from where I used to live, on the eastern edge of Kyoto. It is, for me, powerfully redolent of the mystery and romance of Japan. Musashi himself is an emblematic figure, and his skill in a range of arts to which I have devoted years of study myself -swordsmanship, strategy and sumi-e, make it an apt title for this blog.
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