"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.🙂

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.

I like this quote because it really fits Nami Ryu. When I firsted started training i remember hearing a lot "we do one thing." It didn't make sense right away but I now see we are not technique focused but principle focused. We may have various kata and suburi, but ultimately we are practicing principles. Once we grasp the principles we can do 10 thousand things.