Ole Miss Iaido & Battodo Club

From my trip to New York to test for Sandan and compete in the Tai-kai.

Great tutorial on wrapping the tsuka. http://www.tsukamaki.net/tsuka/

The Art of Tsukamaki, by Thomas L. Buck and posted at pages.prodigy.net/tlbuck/tuska/tsuka.htm Ever since seeing my first Japanese sword, I have been captivated by the elegance and complexity of TSUKA-MAKI (the art of wrapping the tsuka). Although I will share with you a few of the tools, materials and techniques needed for tsuka-maki, I have learned, through the guidence of Takahashi-sensi,…

Need a break from finals? Come join us Thursday for Iaido practice! We start at 6:00 pm, on 606 McLarty, Oxford, MS. Check out the map for a more precise location.

Hope to see you there!

Questions? Post here:)

Seminar starting at 10:00 tomorrow morning with Tom Smyth Sensei. Stop by around 2:00 to see some cutting.

Iaido (居合道) is a modern Japanese martial art associated with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard, striking or cutting an opponent, removing blood from the blade, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard. These movements are performed in sequences called kata, which are mock fights against an imagined opponent. Iaido is performed with an unsharpened sword called an iaito.

Battodo is a separate but similar sword art. In Battodo, more emphasis is placed on cutting with the sword. Battado shares the kata-style teaching of Iaido but supplements its kata with tameshigiri, where the practitioner cuts rolled tatami mats with a sharpened blade.

Come join us for a great seminar on Saturday!