THE
IAIDO JOURNAL
(a TIN production)
ISSN
1498-8143
Current Articles:
2009
Chance
Shafman
Keiko Fukuda, Judo Master,
Visits Ukiah Aikido
Janet Rosen
Sei Do Kai Visits Japan
Jeff Broderick
The Janka Hardness Test
for Hardwoods
Ken Goldstein
Nihon Kobudo Taikai, or
Buy Me a New Camera
Jeff Broderick
Book Review: Famous Japanese
Swordsmen of the Two Courts Period
Ken Morgan
An Iaido Story
Jeff Broderick
One Week in November - Japan
2008
Jeffrey Brown
Vancouver CKF Iaido Seminar
and Grading
Kim Taylor
Meiji Shrine Demos and
All-Japan Kendo
Jeff Broderick
2008
All-Japan Iaido in Sendai
Jeff Broderick
All-Japan Jodo
Championships, 2008
Jeff Broderick
2nd Annual Calgary Niten Seminar
Alex Cook
Review: The Way of the Bow -
The kyudo path to a disciplined mind
Jeffrey
Brown
One on One with
Sasamori Sensei (Ono-ha Itto Ryu) Part Three: Teaching and Learning
Douglas Tong
One on One with
Kajitsuka Sensei (Ohtsubo branch of Owari Line, Yagyu Shinkage Ryu)
Part Three: Teaching and Learning
Douglas Tong
One on One with
Såzen Larsen Kusano Sensei (Sugino branch, Katori Shinto Ryu)
Part Two: About Katori Shinto Ryu, Zen, and Training
Douglas Tong
One on One with
Såzen Larsen Kusano Sensei (Sugino branch, Katori Shinto Ryu)
Part One: About Yoshio Sugino Sensei
Douglas Tong
A Taste of Japan in Guelph
at the 2008 Sei do Kai Spring Jodo/ Iaido Seminar
Ann Phillips
One on One with
Kajitsuka Sensei (Ohtsubo branch of Owari Line, Yagyu Shinkage Ryu)
Part Two: Yagyu Shinkage Ryu and The Living Sword
Douglas Tong
One on One with
Sasamori Sensei (Ono-ha Itto Ryu) Part Two: Ono-ha Itto Ryu and True
Perfection
Douglas Tong
One on One with Kajitsuka
Sensei (Ohtsubo branch of Owari Line, Yagyu Shinkage Ryu)
Douglas Tong
One on One with Sasamori Sensei
(Ono-ha Itto Ryu)
Douglas Tong
Some Thoughts About the
Guelph Iaido Seminar
Dana Luebke
Seminar Season, Spring 2008
Kim Taylor
Hakone Iaido Taikai
Jeff Broderick
Reflections on Failing my
Shodan Grading
Sohail Thaker
Eight Months In - Reflections
on Swordsmanship
David Duncan
Purpose
Keith Simpson
Kendo in Trinidad and Tobago
Eddie Devisse
‘Being well’ through Japanese
Swordsmanship:
‘Mushin’ as hermeneutic, phenomenon, and noumenon in the context of
modern Iaido in the West
Chris Gilham
Japanese Swordsmanship –
Iaido:
A Second Conversation. Creating the Virtue of Lifelong Learning through
Reflective Practice
Chris Gilham
Sword Training in the West
Kim Taylor
Judging Considerations 2008
Kim Taylor
2007
Kinesiology of Fencing and
Kendo
Jonathan Riddle
Shinto Hatakage Ryu in Bavaria
Chuck Gordon
Jo Ha Kyu
Jeff Broderick
Kashima Jingu Gasshuku
Experience Revisited
Raymond Sosnowski
A Comparative
Analysis of the
Mugai Ryu and Kuniba Ryu Iai
Robert M. Rivers
2007 CKF Open Iaido
Championships
Staff report
A Special Box for a Special Club
Rhona-Mae Arca
Push and Pull: The Importance
of Language in Iaido
Kim Taylor
2007 Fredericton Iaido
Seminar
2007 Calgary Niten
Ichiryu Seminar
Alexander Cook
Jeff Works on Cuts (and
Goes to a Tournament)
Jeff Broderick
Meat and Bones: Reflections on
a Special Seminar in Katori Shinto Ryu With Sozen Kusano Sensei
Corey Reid
Review: Kata and the
Transmission of Knowledge in Traditional Martial Arts
Deborah Klens-Bigman PhD
Finishes for Wooden Weapons
Kim Taylor
Battles of the Mind
Rhiannon Sorrell
Different Styles of Iaido
Instruction: Japan vs USA
Yukiko Sophie Abe
Mixed Messages
Jeff Broderick
Keiko:The Mind and Philosophy
of Matsuo Haruna
Jermaine Carty
Tempering Fire
Rhona-Mae Arca
Haru Matsuri 2007
Corey Reid
Jo Ha Kyu
Peter Boylan
Unbelievable Coincidences
Jeff Broderick
Ramsey Kunkel: Iaido
Photography
What are the Benefits
of the Kendo Kata as They Relate to Shinai Kendo
Steve Quinlan
The Role of Uchidachi in Kata
Steve Quinlan
2006
The Fallacy of
Expanding Time in Kata
Kendo and Mind
Productivity
Sharing Reflections
on Training as Training: A recently lived example
Taikai Fever
Rhythm and Flow
What's in a Name?
Iaido wa Hitotsu: Kokoro
Video Links to Katori Shinto
Ryu in Japan
Why do Sword Kata End in
Killing?
Discovering Iaido Or How a
Thirteen Year Old Boy became a Samurai
Chris, Joe and Luke Skywalker
Remembering Bill Mears
Sugino Dojo: Studying
Katori Shinto Ryu in Japan
Review: Iaido: Muso
Shinden ryu
Review: Japanese
Sword Fighting Secrets of the Samurai
Serial Media Report
2006
How Big is an Art?
The Skill of the Masters
A Visit to Kochi in
November
2003
2005
Book Review: Naginata
– The Definitive Guide
Dai Ichi Calgary
Iaido Club Taika
The ‘Kashima Jingu
Gasshuku’ Experience
Review: Advanced
Stick Fighting
First Brock Iaido
Summer Seminar: the Bill Mears Memorial
Diary of an Amateur
Traditional Blade Smith (pdf)
Review: Persimmon
Wind
Editor's
Choice: "The Mirror" from Aikiweb
2005 Niten Ichiryu seminar
at
Guelph
2005 Jodo and Iaido
seminar at Guelph
Swordsmith Fusataro
in Canada 2005
Iaido on the beach
(Cook)
Aikido and Pilates
Part 1 (Rosen)
The True Kendoka
Disciplines
Body and Soul Together (Karamyar)
The Costs of Training with
the
Best (Boylan)
Another Perspective on Misogi
(Rosen)
Saya Repairs (Todd
Forbes)
Nodan Budo: A Review
(Schweer )
2004
Kicking
Cancer's Ugly Gray
Ass (Schuster 12/04)
The Deranged Aikidoka's Night
Before Christmas (Fowler 12/04)
Review:
Miyamoto Musashi -
His Life and Writings (Watkin 11/04)
Review:
The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi (Watkin 11/04)
Review:
The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi (Broderick 11/04)
What
is a Legitimate Koryu Anyway? (11/04)
Yoshiteru
Otani, at 75: Pioneer USA Iaido Instructor - updated (10/04)
Second
National Irish Iaido Seminar (09/04)
2004
U. Guelph Haruna seminar (08/04)
2004
GSJSA Swordsmithing Course (08/04)
2004
U. Guelph Hyoho Niten Ichiryu Seminar (08/04)
Mitsunari
Kanai, at 64: Legendary Martial Arts Instructor (update 08/04)
A
Rose by any other Name - HaiDong Gumdo: Castellani (07/04)
John
Prough: swords used and appreciated: Morgan (04/04)
Martial
Arts in the Modern World (03/04)
Tatsuo
Suzuki: James Sidney (02/04)
Unka
Kim Taylor: half a lifetime and still no fights: Morgan (02/04)
James
Sidney: Photographer and Martial Artist (01/04)
Review
of Shioda Gozo Jikiden: Luxon (01/04)
The
Legality of Martial Arts Weapons In Canada: Agnew (01/04)
2003
Book
Review: "The Warrior's Path Wisdom from Contemporary Martial Arts
Masters"
(12/03)
Knees,
Aikido, and Minimizing Risks: Janet Rosen (11/03)
Book
Review: "Fighting With Sticks" (11/03)
Comparison
Chopping: A non-scientific review of current offerings for the
tameshigiri
crowd. (11/03)
Ottawa
Tateyama Dojo Iaido and Jodo Seminar 2003 (10/03)
Building
a Sword Collection – The Economic Rules of the Road: Fellman (10/03)
Budo:
The Art of Killing (Einaru Budo): review by Gordon (10/03)
Tin
Man: Garcia (10/03)
The
Japanese curved sword: Friday (09/03)
1st
Esaka US Iaido koshukai: Helm (09/03)
Eastern
Canadian Open Iaido Tournament: Gardonio (09/03)
3rd
World Naginata Championships: Prough (09/03)
Video
Review: Hidden Secrets of Japanese Swordsmanship: Muso Shinden
Ryu/Omori
Ryu (08/03)
Yoshida
Shoin The Archetype of Japanese Revolutionaries: Hillsborough (06/03)
The
New Generation of Japanese Swordsmiths and Modern Japanese Swords and
Swordsmiths, From 1868 to the Present
The
University of Guelph May Iaido/Jodo Seminar (06/03)
Bill
Mears, Hard Bastard (05/03)
Book
Review: Sensei by John Donohue (05/03)
What
are Kata? Jenkins (05/03)
Book
Review: Complete Kendo (04/03)
The
Traditional Scandinavian Knife. A Tool Or A Decoration: Barker
(04/03)
Media
Review: Mugairyu Iaihyodo Instructional Text and Videos Vol.1 and Vol.2
(03/03)
Book
Review: Legacies of the Sword: The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai Martial
Culture (03/03)
Book
Review: Tales of the Hermit Volumes 1 & 2 (03/03)
Toyama-ryu
in Japan with Bob Elder (02/03)
Doug
Blain: Togishi (02/03)
Book
Review: Blowing Zen: Finding an Authentic Life (02/03)
Anyway,
it works: Ki as a training tool: Stenudd (01/03)
Katsu
Kaishu The Man Who Saved Early Modern Japan: Hillsborough (01/03)
2002
Sakamoto
Ryoma: The Indispensable Nobody: Hillsborough (12/02)
Budo:
A calling, recreation or something completely different?: Gordon (12/02)
Iaido
"Down East" in Canada: Green (12/02)
Book
Review: Armed Martial Arts of Japan (11/02)
Haruna
Matsuo, reminiscence (10/02)
Ontario
Open Iaido Championships 2002: Gordonio (10/02)
Iwata
Norikazu - Sensei from The Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Tradition, An
Interview:
Hellsten and Kemp (10/02)
Book
Review: A Way to Victory: The Annotated Book of Five Rings: Sosnowski
(09/02)
2002
Guelph School of Japanese Sword Arts (08/02)
Book
Review: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to T’ai Chi & Qigong: Sosnowski
(08/02)
Swordplay
in Japan (1895): Hirai (07/02)
Iaido
and Jodo Seminar, Helsinki Finland: Hellsten (07/02)
Katana
First Aid Tips III: Fowler (06/02)
43rd
Zen Koku Jodo Taikai: Fogarty (05/02)
Katana
First Aid Tips II: Fowler (05/02)
Grading
for Yondan in Japan: Broderick (05/02)
Australia's
National Radio covers: The Way of the Sword (04/02)
The
History of the Mugai Ryû - An interview of Sato Kimimaro sensei:
Laitinen (04/02)
Katana
First Aid Tips: Fowler (04/02)
The
Seven Principles of Bushido: Alexanian (04/02)
George
Izui and Seattle Kendo (03/02)
Bokuto
Jutsu: Straight, Curved, Fat, Thin, Why? Friday (03/02)
Iaido
and the New Age: Taylor (03/02)
Too
Old
for Budo?: Hooker (02/02)
Judging
Criteria during Iaido Gradings and Taikai: Taylor (01/02)
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