Hanmi

Sankyo

Saito Morihiro applying a sankyo. The uke's hand should be attached to the sternum (breast bone), otherwise the technique is "easily" reversible.

Seiza 正座

Seiza is written with two Chinese characters. The character pronounced sei- means "proper, right, true," and by itself can be pronounced tadashii, meaning "just right" or "proper." The character -za means "sitting posture," and is written with an ideograph depicting people sitting on a raised platform under a roof.

Furyu

Cultural context

Something to keep in mind when reading Osensei:

"Prior to the late nineteen century and the introduction of Western worldviewes, liturgical and ritual systems centered on shrines and temples were the vehicles through which the Japanese conceptualized their universe, and they provided the only available terminology for questions of physical science or philosophy. For this reason, any effort to completely secularize bugei principles and concepts would do violence to the cultural context in which they originated."


- Legacies of the Sword, Karl F. Friday

Bokken porn - Kingfisher

Appalachian Hickory (grade 6) from Kingfisher.
Weight: 580 gr. (light, very light)
Length: 104 cm.
Center of gravity: 48 cm.

Bokken porn - The old timer

Japanese white oak, made in Tsukuba, Japan.
Weight: 590 gr.
Length: 104 cm.
Center of gravity: 48 cm.

The inscription is 'AiKi', not sure why the 'Do' was dropped but I have seen this on other Iwama weapons too.