FireWolf Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 i have trained with the Kusari gama.it takes alot of work but it is worth it.i wouldnt use any home made weapon.it might come apart and thats when you or someone gets hurt.i make dagers and stars.its hot and hard work but i love doing it.im also a gun smith and have seen what happens when someone that doesnt know what there doing trys to fix a gun.working on guns is dangerous and so are home made wepons.the best thing i would say is to find one or have one carved out of wood.thats what i did when i was training.i wish you the best of luck in your training if your going die,why not die doing what you love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Shogun Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Kusarigama is part of our weapons system but I have no learned it yet.Here's a question. Has anyone ever done tameshigiri(test cutting) with a kusarigama or kama? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunyo Kogusoku Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Yeah, one of the koryu I train in have kusarigama techniques in it's syllabus. Very nasty. Dark Shogun, how far have you reached in the SMR Jo syllabus? Anywhere near Uchida-ryu tanjojutsu or Shinto-ryu kenjutsu? Regards,-Steve DelaneyThe methods of war become the methods of peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Shogun Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 In my dojo we train one day in SMRjo, the other day in the SMR auxilary arts (sword, tanjo etc). I have done all the Shinto Ryu Kenjutsu kata and all the Uchida Ryu Tanjojutsu kata. I haven't done any of the other weapons. On the same days we also have a MJER session.This may seem strange because I have heard that many schools o not teach auxilary arts until after the entire jo sillabus has been learned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunyo Kogusoku Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Nah, it depends on the teacher you have and how his teacher taught. Not uncommon. There are some teachers in Japan who teach the Shinto-ryu & Uchida-ryu as a warmup in the dojo and then progress onto the Omote, chudan, etc, so that as your skills with the jo progress, so do the auxilliary weapons skills. Other teachers instruct in a different way, teaching the heiden bujutsu sometime after learning the chudan, or samidare.Case by case, mate. Regards,-Steve DelaneyThe methods of war become the methods of peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Shogun Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 What is heiden bujutsu? We also do MJER iai before jo and after auxilary class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunyo Kogusoku Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Heiden bujutsu and Fuzoku ryu are Japanese terms for the auxilliary systems used in some koryu bujutsu ryuha. Regards,-Steve DelaneyThe methods of war become the methods of peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Shogun Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Thanks Gunyo, I'll add those to my vocabulary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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