Japanese Sword Arts Study VB

Great workshop today with Scott Takahashi Sensei! Thanks to everyone who attended. Japanese Sword Arts Study • Richmond, VA

Great day of keiko and hanami with the Virginia Beach shibu. Next on the agenda is training hard; we’re all looking forward to sensei’s monthly visit next week!

Congratulations to Angel, Michael and James on putting in the time and energy! We’ll match that level of commitment by making you members of the school. Now keep going!

An early Edo period portrait of Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康, 31 January, 1543 – 1 June, 1616), the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, at Osaka Castle by Kanō Tan'yū (狩野 探幽, 1602 –1674), one of the foremost Japanese painters of the Kanō school of Japanese art.

雪中まーこ先生 SAMURAI in the snow Heavy snow fell in Tokyo yesterday.

47 Ronin
The Seppuku of Okuda Magodayu

"I have never trained how to commit Seppuku, please teach me how to do it properly."

Tominomori, one of the younger members, answered with a laugh,

"You don't need any training, just stick your neck out and you won't be left behind!"

From "How to Commit Seppuku"
From:
切腹の方法
中野刀水
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