剣術

Kenjutsu

The Gassankan [ 月山館 ] maintains a practice of classical Japanese weapons arts centered around the combative use of the sword developed from several lines of Shinkage-ryū practice that are passed down at the Hōbyōkan dōjō founded by Dr. David Hall, especially Kashima-shinden Jikishinkage-ryū.

 

Gassankan Keiko 2021

Weekly training in Seattle is now held in the SODO neighborhood, led by my two senior students as Tōsha Dōjō [ 闘者道場 ], part of the Lonin League cooperative.

This includes:

1. Foundational walking and cutting practices.
2. Four seasons arrangement of foundational kata.
3. Tactical exchanges performed with leather-wrapped shinai.
4. Free practice called jigeiko.

Inquiries can be made through Lonin at the link above. In addition, some of my published writing on Shinkage-ryū can be found on the references page.