Hi Sensei. I know this is probably more likely to happen against a woman. If I am face to face with an attacker and they grab my hair on top of my head my thought process is pin their hand to my head and quickly step back and slightly bend at the waist while I turn toward the arm that is grabbing me, breaking their grip, hopefully. If however I am grabbed by the hair from behind it would be much easier to pull me off balance as I get pulled back. Part of me thinks try to sit down so I don't get slammed to the ground. But not really sure going to the ground is a great option. When you have a chance would you be able to do a video with hair pull from front and behind? Also happy to hear thoughts from others. Than you.

"Questions are but the footprints of knowledge." Don't be afraid to ask questions about training. Never think your questions are too basic or dumb. We learn by asking. As Randy Sensei can attest, it is rare I get to the end of an online class without asking a question. 😃 So feel free to post questions. It will not only improve your knowledge but the knowledge of the rest of us!

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.

"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.🙂

How do you declutter and organise your lives being martial artists . I have been looking at minimalist living these days taking the Japanese philosophy and try to delay things and materials of immediate gratification . Any art for that matter has steps to perfection though perfection cannot be achieved by human it is more of refinement of the skills . How do you guys go about it . Would love to hear