Ichijoji

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

Showing posts with label spirit forging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spirit forging. Show all posts
Friday, 27 February 2015

Spirit Forging II - Endurance, Misogi, and the Ichikukai

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Practice at the Ichikukai Dojo, date unknown. Courtesy of  http://ichikukai.com/eindex.html Another form of extreme training that ...
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Thursday, 12 February 2015

Spirit Forging – the ‘hard training’ of Meiji swordsmen.

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Kendo c.1925 (Courtesy of kenshi 247.net) One of the distinguishing features of serious martial arts training in the minds of many ...
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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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