Bujinkan Seminar- South Wales

We will be holding a days training in Neath Dojo on the 29th June 2008.

We will be looking at Kukishinden Ryu Hanbo Jutsu.

We will be covering all 3 levels of the school

We will also be looking at shikomi zue.

We will be training from 1030 to 1530 with a short break.

Cost of the day is £10

Please bring bokken, kodachi and hanbo.

For more infomation please contact:

admin@mahoutsukai-dojo.co.uk

Hope to see you there :-)

Merlyn

The Shikomizue (仕込み杖 Japanese prepared cane) is a Japanese concealed sword disguised as a cane or walking stick. It was sometimes used by government officials in Japan in the Meiji period. The name Shikomi-zue is actually the name of a type of mounting, the sword blade was placed in a cane-like mounting (tsue), to conceal the fact that it was a sword. This mounting was used almost exclusively during the Meiji period, when the carrying of swords was banned. These mountings are not to be confused with the Shirasaya mountings, which were just plain wooden mountings with no decoration. Some Shikomizue were full length concealed swords, others were short blades so the other end could be removed turning the stick into a short spear. Another Shikomizue version was for the blade to be attached to a shorter handle so the stick remains could be held in one hand and the blade in the other. The shikomizue was made famous thanks to the Zatoichi films in which the blind swordsman carries one with him and wields it to great efficiency.

This type of arrangement was most often used by period samurai who opposed the ban on openly carrying their swords but knew that open violation of the law often led to imprisonment and death.

sounds good mate wish i could get there