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Odd looking iaido stance8/24/2023 Musashi promoted the use of a one-handed grip, which allows utilizing both swords of a samurai’s daisho (large sword and small sword pair 大小).Ĭompared to the strictly standardized itto (one sword 一刀) Kendo, Nito-ryu is more flexible and offers a challenging variety of choices. Nito-kendo’s koryu (old school 古流) foundation is Niten-ichi-ryu, a style created by Miyamoto Musashi, Japan’s most dramatized swordsman and the author of the famous book “The Five Rings”. In Nito-ryu Kendo, two swords are used simultaneously. This cannot be taken for granted and is a great privilege. I was lucky enough to have two instructors with nito experience at my dojo who taught me the basics, and to have a head sensei who allowed it to happen. It was then that one of my sensei suggested learning Nito-ryu (two sword style 二刀流) in order to make use of my intact shoulder and arm primarily. After I injured my shoulder more than a year ago, my Kendo and Iaido practices were reduced to mitorigeiko (watching keiko 見取り稽古) for several months. Sometimes, misfortune brings opportunity. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities in the expert’s mind there are few. This is a guest article by Patrick Schultheis with the San Diego Kendo Bu and UCSD Iaido Club.
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