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On trouve dans « lai », la notion d'ÊTRE (I, de Iru) et d'HARMONIE (Ai), au sens de« mettre son esprit en harmonie avec celui de l'adversaire », une orientation qui rappelle celle de l'Aikido. La maîtrise de l'arme est la maîtrise de l'esprit. L'art du la

I first met Iwata Sensei in England in August 2000. I found him to be a very interesting teacher with a strong personality. He is very knowledgeable in iaido and it's history, and is a strict sensei. I therefore wanted to do an interview to get some basic

Takano Sasaburō (1862-1950) and Nakayama Hakudō (1872-1958) were two of the most important figures in the development of modern kendo (see this article for more information). Practitioners of both classical swordsmanship and the more modern forms of shinai keiko, their ways of thinking shaped the sword arts that we practise today. As such their opinions on kendo and swordsmanship in general are quite pertinent to those studying both modern and koryu arts. The following is a translation of their respective thoughts on tameshigiri.