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Decouvrir le Iai-Do

R. Habersetzer

J. Lobo, S. Santoro

Editions Amphora, 1991

I have always been tempted to compare this book with Darrell Craig's "Iai, the art of drawing

the sword" although I'm not sure why exactly, maybe because they both have a yellow cover.

The french book is more compact (113 pages) and includes less stories and anecdotes. It

consists of two parts: 1 Spirit and 2 Technique. The first part (37 pages) consists mostly of a

rather good historical overview of seitei iai, Muso Shinden ryu, Mugai ryu, Tenshin Shoden

Katori Shinto ryu and Takenouchi ryu. There is an interesting section "Iaido or Iaijitsu"

discussing Toyama gakko and Nakamura: quite a lot of information in less than 40 pages.

The second section deals with seitei iai, posture and basic movements, reishiki (no sageo

handling, and slightly different from current form; the left hand pulls the saya into the obi,

among other things) and all 10 kata. The authors freely admit they don't give the definite

version of this continually changing series (though at the time apparently they believed there

would one day be a definite version).

The drawings in this book are clear and the descriptions stress important points. Many details

are not mentioned, but then again, this means almost all points are still valid. This is actually

the best beginners guide book I know of (which was precisely the point of the book; "discover

iaido").

There are several appendices; including the alleged scene from Sanjuro depicted in "This is

Kendo" (which isn't in Sanjuro at all), the TSKSR kata included below, and a description of

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iaido equipment. One really poor layout choice was to place the sword drawing with numbered

parts and the part names on the reverse side of the same page. Also missing are instructions

on wearing the uniform.

The book include a few pages with photographs, including the famous Tsumaki Seirin shot by

Raick, J.P. Raick himself doing Tamiya ryu, Kuroda Ichitaro doing Omori ryu, historic

photographs of a very young Hiroo Mochizuki doing iai, pictures of what I think is Nakamura in

Toyama uniform doing tameshigiri, and of course some pictures of the authors practicing Muso

Shinden.

Jose Lobo was 2nd dan Iaido and 2nd dan Karatedo, Serge Santoro 2nd dan Iaido and 1st dan

Jodo at the time they wrote the book.

R. Habersetzer is the editor of the Budoscope series, which includes volumes on karate, judo,

aikido, jujutsu, kung-fu, tae kwon do, tai chi chuan, and kendo.

Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu Iai kata

These drawings were made by R. Habersetzer in 1972 from a recording of a demonstration of

iai by Mochizuki Hiroo in France. They were published in Budo Magazine, Jan. 1972. According

to the book, these are:

ipponme: kusanagi no ken

nihonme: nuki tsuke no ken

sanbonme: nuki uchi no ken

yokonme: uken

gohonme: saken

roponme: happo ken

? (one missing?)

nanahonme: yuki ai gyaku nuki no tachi

kyuhonme: zengo chidori no tachi

juponme: ?

Some research on the TSKSR curriculum gives a somewhat different list:

Iai goshi

1. I-kajo Kusanagi no ken

2. Ni-kajo Nuke tsuke no ken

3. San-kajo Nuki uchi no ken

4. Yon-kajo U-ken

5. Go-kajo Sa-ken

6. Rok-kajo Happo Ken

Tachi iai

1. I-kajo Yukiai gyaku nuki no tachi

2. Ni-kajo Zengo chidori no tachi

3. San-kajo Yukia migi chidori no tachi

4. Yon-kajo Gyaku no tachi

5. Go-kajo Nuki uchi no tachi

Gokui no iai

1. I-kajo Kumo giri ken

2. Ni-kajo Hangetsu no ken

3. San-kajo Mui ichi no ken

4. Yon-kajo Nu ni no ken

5. Go-kajo Seigan no tachi

The unnamed "juponme" then probably is Yukia migi chidori no tachi, although I don't see


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much migi chidori about it, I wouldn't be too surprised if it were another one, maybe Nuki uchi

no tachi.


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By popular request, I add the list of TSKSR kata I used. Please note that I didn't compile this

list and I don't know how accurate it is.

TACHI-JUTSU

Omote no tachi :

I-kajo Itsutsu no tachi1.

Ni-kajo Nanatsu no tachi2.

San-kajo Kashumi no tachi3.

Yon-kajo Hatsuka no tachi4.

Gogyo no tachi :

I-kajo Mitsu no tachi1.

Ni-kajo Yotsu no tachi2.

San-kajo In no tachi3.

Yon-kajo Sha no tachi4.

Go-kajo Hatsu no tachi5.

Gokui hichijo no tachi

I-kajo Toyama no tachi (Ukifune no kurai)1.

Ni-kajo Kataname no tachi (Yosui no kurai)2.

San-kajo Agenami no tachi (Sangetsu no kurai)3.

Ryoto

I-kajo Eigetsu no tachi (Ni O no kurai)1.

Ni-kajo Suigetsu no tachi (Tenchi no kurai)2.

San-kajo Isonami no tachi (Huyo no kurai)3.

Yon-kajo Murakomo no tachi (Sasu no kurai)4.

Gokui no kodachi


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I-kajo Seigan no kodachi1.

Ni-kajo Suigetsu no kodachi2.

San-kajo Hangetsu no kodachi3.

IAI-JUTSU

Iai goshi

I-kajo Kusanagi no ken1.

Ni-kajo Nuke tsuke no ken2.

San-kajo Nuki uchi no ken3.

Yon-kajo U-ken4.

Go-kajo Sa-ken5.

Rok-kajo Happo Ken6.

Tachi iai jutsu

I-kajo Yukiai gyaku nuki no tachi1.

Ni-kajo Zengo chidori no tachi2.

San-kajo Yukia migi chidori no tachi3.

Yon-kajo Gyaku no tachi4.

Go-kajo Nuki uchi no tachi5.

Gokui no iai jutsu

I-kajo Kumo giri ken1.

Ni-kajo Hangetsu no ken2.

San-kajo Mui ichi no ken3.

Yon-kajo Nu ni no ken4.

Go-kajo Seigan no tachi5.

BO-JUSTSU

Omote no bo

I-kajo Seriai no bo1.

Ni-kajo Sune hishige no bo2.

San-kajo Saiyu no bo3.

Yon-kajo Kasahazushi no bo4.

Go-kajo Hane tsurube no bo5.

Rok-kajo Tachinami no bo6.

Gokui no bo

I-kajo Gedan kamae no bo1.

Ni-kajo Kasumi gakari no bo2.

San-kajo Denko kamae no bo3.

Yon-kajo In-kamae no bo4.

Go-kajo Hikizue kamae no bo5.

Rok-kajo Ritsu yo kamae no bo6.

NAGINATA JUTSU

I-kajo Itsutsu no naginata1.

Ni-kajo Nanatsu no naginata2.

San-kajo Kasumi no naginata3.

Yon-kajo Hakka no naginata4.

Gokui hichijo no naginata

I-kajo Embi no naginata1.

Ni-kajo Tombo no naginata2.

San-kajo Yoko no naginata3.


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SO JUTSU

I-kajo Hiryu no yari1.

Ni-kajo Kyoryu no yari2.

San-kajo Tsuke dome no yari3.

Yon-kajo Ageya no yari4.

Go-kajo Denko no yari5.

Rok-kajo Yoruya no yari6.

SHURIKEN-JUTSU

Omote no shuriken 7 kajo1.

Gogyo no shuriken 8 kajo2.

Gokui no shuriken 9 kajo3.

JU-JUTSU 36 kajo

Articles

Introduction to Iaido

Jodo

Miyamoto Musashi: life, art, writings, kenjutsu

Sven's trip to Kyushu

Bloodgrooves and blade stiffness

The Satsuma Biwa

Book of five elements

Tool to convert shaku, cm and inch

Examples of Ju Jitsu (pdf)

Technique descriptions

ZNKR Jodo

Uchida ryu tanjojutsu

ZNKR Reiho

ZNKR Iaido

Niten Ichi ryu Hyoho

Muso Shinden Omori ryu

Muso Shinden ryu okuden tachiwaza

Shinkage ryu iai

Tamiya ryu Iaijutsu

Two new ZNKR seitei iai kata

Tachi uchi no kurai (Eishin ryu)

Tachi uchi no kurai (Muso Shinden ryu)

Reviews

Books

Reading list

Decouvrir le Iai-do by J. Lobo, S. Santoro, ed. R. Habersetzer

Pierre Delorme's Iaido and Kendo books

Kenjutsu, the Art of Japanese Swordsmanship by Charles Daniel

Aiki Tessen Jutsu by Hiro Mizukoshi

Videos

The Sword of Aikido by Saotome Mitsugi

Self Defense Aikido by Obata Toshishiro

Nishio Aikido by Shoji Nishio


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Seminars

Amsterdam 1996 Iaido Seminar

Lee Seminar, 1996

Guelph 1997 Seminar

Sittard summer seminar, 1998

Nakakura seminar, 1998

Amsterdam 2000 Jodo & Iaido Seminar

Events

Community outreach

Flower festival

Links

http://www.kampaibudokai.org

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