I was lucky enough to train under a sensei who had a lineage that was easy to trace, the part of teacher to student direct transmission is the subtle nuance that cannot be reproduced on paper because of individual diffrrences. When I see two fighters practicing a technique, it's easy to spot their level of ability quickly. Not to say I'm a know it all, but I gave been practicing more than 30 years. I believe training with a good teacher improves all aspects of the art. As far as academic accuracy is concerned, that may just be luck. Good teachers of BUDO are rare period, and may not be living anywhere near you. You may have to train with few other students and have no one to correct mistakes early before they grow an become large tsuki (openings, gaps in your defense).
What was the school if you dont mind me asking i know of schools wich are takenouchi ryu Katori shinto ryu Yagyu shinkage ryu Yagyu shingan ryu Tatsumi ryu
I studied MJER which is quite famous for being completely modified in the 18th century, so not exactly a direct unmodified lineage from a time Samurai actually used their swords. However their seems to be quite a lot of cognitive dissonance in the MJER community and scepticism towards it actually being a Koryu not popular.
Hmmm, interesting... allegory and symbolism, although may not refer to concrete reality ie a real dragon came down from Polaris or sitting lightly on grass but it may seek to describe another sort of reality that is not so concrete and is therefore harder to define, pinpoint or analyse? Hence the need for allegory and symbolism? In other words, we are possibly in the realm of paradoxes and experiences beyond the ego? So, it is not the dragon or Polaris that is important, but what they mean?
I really love Koryu but I have problems with koryu fanboys that throw away all traditional martial arts skills that are not a part of written skills cause I think that is the way to not reaching high skills.
Lineage keeps popping up, as a wander along, and its significance and importance. And as I try to fit pieces to make the Martial Arts puzzle I'm sort of at this stage. Yes, lineage is a significant and important thing. But then it is not. Take HEMA 1.33 sword and buckler. Any named masters around with a lineage? A full complete, documented system written? Well a bit, but hardly super exact and certainly not complete. So how can we practice it? Well, my guess is that lineage and docs are only partly the answer - they get us so far. Japanese bodies are very likely to behave and respond and work in exactly the same way as everywhere else. They do not have 4 thumbs or limb joints that bend in a different way so although lineage and docs may describe something in a particular way, I'd suggest that when the dragon visits, the knowledge imparted comes from somewhere else. In other words, Masters get us to a certain point being a catalyst and able to direct attention, and very grateful we are to them, but then we are left alone to explore, refine and accept or reject what we find?
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Awesome info
What do you think of kukishin ryu how old do you think this school really is and is it really koryu?
I’d need to trace all the documents
I was lucky enough to train under a sensei who had a lineage that was easy to trace, the part of teacher to student direct transmission is the subtle nuance that cannot be reproduced on paper because of individual diffrrences. When I see two fighters practicing a technique, it's easy to spot their level of ability quickly. Not to say I'm a know it all, but I gave been practicing more than 30 years. I believe training with a good teacher improves all aspects of the art. As far as academic accuracy is concerned, that may just be luck. Good teachers of BUDO are rare period, and may not be living anywhere near you. You may have to train with few other students and have no one to correct mistakes early before they grow an become large tsuki (openings, gaps in your defense).
What was the school if you dont mind me asking i know of schools wich are
takenouchi ryu
Katori shinto ryu
Yagyu shinkage ryu
Yagyu shingan ryu
Tatsumi ryu
Another superbly informative video! Thanks Anthony!
amazing as always Anthony
I studied MJER which is quite famous for being completely modified in the 18th century, so not exactly a direct unmodified lineage from a time Samurai actually used their swords. However their seems to be quite a lot of cognitive dissonance in the MJER community and scepticism towards it actually being a Koryu not popular.
Man, I love Antony's accent.
BTW, 3rd :P
Manchester, NW England, or Manchurian dialect! Lovely lilt. and not so far away another one from Liverpool :)
Hmmm, interesting... allegory and symbolism, although may not refer to concrete reality ie a real dragon came down from Polaris or sitting lightly on grass but it may seek to describe another sort of reality that is not so concrete and is therefore harder to define, pinpoint or analyse? Hence the need for allegory and symbolism? In other words, we are possibly in the realm of paradoxes and experiences beyond the ego? So, it is not the dragon or Polaris that is important, but what they mean?
I really love Koryu but I have problems with koryu fanboys that throw away all traditional martial arts skills that are not a part of written skills cause I think that is the way to not reaching high skills.
Koryu mean old school cool the old ways thumb up Mr Cummins
Lineage keeps popping up, as a wander along, and its significance and importance. And as I try to fit pieces to make the Martial Arts puzzle I'm sort of at this stage. Yes, lineage is a significant and important thing. But then it is not. Take HEMA 1.33 sword and buckler. Any named masters around with a lineage? A full complete, documented system written? Well a bit, but hardly super exact and certainly not complete. So how can we practice it? Well, my guess is that lineage and docs are only partly the answer - they get us so far. Japanese bodies are very likely to behave and respond and work in exactly the same way as everywhere else. They do not have 4 thumbs or limb joints that bend in a different way so although lineage and docs may describe something in a particular way, I'd suggest that when the dragon visits, the knowledge imparted comes from somewhere else. In other words, Masters get us to a certain point being a catalyst and able to direct attention, and very grateful we are to them, but then we are left alone to explore, refine and accept or reject what we find?
It the same with any martial art school. Don't always trust the history of the school.
2nd ☺
Love this video anthony, I hope you can help along with metatron to revive the online koryu community.
1st ??