Photos

☳  Kagami Biraki 2024

Kagami Biraki in Seattle, February 2024. Participants included: Tenshin Buko-ryu, Japanese Fighting Arts Northwest (JFANW), and the Gassankan.

☳  Tsubaki Grand Shrine America

Visiting Tsubaki Grand Shrine America in June of 2023, before it is closed.

☳  Kagami Biraki 2023

Kagami Biraki in Seattle, January 2023. Kata performed are selected from the curriculum of Jiki Shinkage-ryu.

☳  Keiko at Seattle Budokan 2021

Practice at the Seattle Budokan in August 2021 during a lull in the pandemic. Kata performed are selected from the curriculum of Jiki Shinkage-ryu.

☳  Swordsquatch 2018

Swordsquatch HEMA Event in September 2018.

☳  Swordsquatch 2017

Swordsquatch HEMA Event in September 2017.

☳  Longpoint 2016

Photos of Longsword, Rapier, and Passage to Arms at Longpoint 2016 HEMA Tournament in Ellicott City, Maryland.

☳  Enbu for Karunakaran

Memorial demonstration in honor of the late Karunakaran-sensei, senior student of Donn Draeger in Shinto Muso-ryu Jo. While living in Maryland, I trained in Jiki Shinkage-ryu at the Hobyōkan Dōjō of Dr. David Hall.

☳  Kagami Biraki 2016

Masakikai/Hobyokai Kagami Biraki held in Sterling Virginia in 2016. Arts demonstrated included Shindo Muso-ryu jo, Isshin-ryu kusarigama, Yagyu Shinkage-ryu heiho, Kashima Shinden Jiki Shinkage-ryu kenjutsu, Masaki-ryu manriki, Hontai Yoshin-ryu Jujutsu, and Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu.

☳  Kagami Biraki 2015

Masakikai/Hobyokai Kagami Biraki held in Sterling Virginia in 2015. Arts demonstrated included Shindo Muso-ryu jo and related arts, Yagyu Shinkage-ryu heiho, Kashima Shinden Jiki Shinkage-ryu kenjutsu, Masaki-ryu manriki, Hontai Yoshin-ryu Jujutsu, and Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu.

☳  Capital Katori

Photos of Katori Shinto-ryu practice at Capital Aikikai from 2010 to 2014; the group is now called the Myobukai. I was active at Captial Aikikai between 2006 and the end of 2014.

☳  Kagami Biraki 2014

Masakikai/Hobyokai Kagami Biraki held in Sterling Virginia in 2014. Arts demonstrated included Shindo Muso-ryu jo, Yagyu Shinkage-ryu heiho, Kashima Shinden Jiki Shinkage-ryu kenjutsu, Masaki-ryu manriki, Hontai Yoshin-ryu Jujutsu, and Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu.

☳  Kagami Biraki 2013

Masakikai/Hobyokai Kagami Biraki held in Sterling Virginia in 2013. Arts demonstrated included Shindo Muso-ryu jo, Yagyu Shinkage-ryu heiho, Kashima Shinden Jiki Shinkage-ryu kenjutsu, Masaki-ryu manriki, Hontai Yoshin-ryu Jujutsu, and Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu.

☳  Dewa Sanzan

Visiting Dewa Sanzan ( 出羽三山 ) in Yamagata Prefecture.