Hi Sensei. I noticed with partner drills, particularly when trying to slowly displace someone with a cut they feel me lean. It is subtle and honestly I don't notice it doing solo work. Any suggestions on solo practice that will help me recognize that or is it strictly partner training to resolve. I am happy to hear from anyone who has same issue and found way to resolve it. Thanks.

"The hardest to learn was the least complicated " Just happen to think about this lyric and how it relates to our training. We tend to want to do more and complicate things when relaxing and doing less is what will allow the technique to work. I guess that isn't just a lesson for kenjutsu but also life.🙂

Welcome to Nami ryu Kenjutsu online. I'm excited to have you here, and to share your passion for learning Japanese swordsmanship. ⚔️ Please take a minute to introduce yourself and share what motivates you to learn kenjutsu. Maybe you're into Kurosawa movies, the samurai, or Japanese swords, or maybe you've wanted to learn Japanese swordsmanship but don't have a place to train or a community to support you. We'd like to know what brought you here!

I've been watching our member numbers climb and we're almost at 70! I'm truly happy to see people from around the world joining the Kenjutsu Online community, so I'm thinking that it would be fun and helpful to you all if we have a monthly video call once we reach 100 members. Due to everyone being spread across many different time zones, I'd be happy to post the recordings in case you can't join the meeting in person. You could also send your questions ahead of time, and I'd make it a priority to answer as many as possible. Please comment below if you'd like to have a monthly recorded video call.

Hi Sensei, when you get the chance can you do a detailed video on sayabiki? I understand it is important to quickly and efficiently remove the saya from the sword in order to cut. I have seen people in iai kamae with the end of the handle almost touching the wall and they were able to get the saya off the sword. I have tried to do that but have not been able to yet. I still have to reach my right arm. Not as much as i used to but still i really want to improve and reduce extra movement as much as possible. Thank you.