The BHD Anniversary Training Event took place this past Saturday. I know [i]I[\/i] had a really good time and I think everyone who attended did as well. The weather was exceptional for this time of year and we had no rain in spite of the gloomy forecast. In fact, it was a bit warm in the afternoon sunshine!<\/p>\n
This year’s theme was Kukishinden ryuu so we started the day going over the basics of soujutsu (spear) including the importance to Japanese history this weapon holds, parts of the spear, general usage and then onto the kamae and how to perform a basic tsuki. It was interesting to watch people move with the yari as we began looking at the four kata on which we would focus for the first part of the event. The idea of a weapon placed in the hand highlighting the weaknesses in one’s taijutsu was certainly true as we all fumbled a bit.<\/p>\n
After lunch, we moved into the shade of the trees and onto a couple of Kukishinden ryuu dakentaijutsu patterns. The day wound up with Jason and Doug leading us through some excellent awareness exercises.<\/p>\n
I will have some photos up in the next couple of days or so, but for now, you can download [url=http:\/\/dojo.oninohana.com\/class_vids\/BHD_seminar_2005.wmv]this short video[\/url] I put together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The BHD Anniversary Training Event took place this past Saturday. I know [i]I[\/i] had a really good time and I think everyone who attended did as well. The weather was exceptional for this time of year and we had no … Continue reading