A Brief History of the Samurai Sword
Continuing on ‘Brief History…’ theme, let’s look at what the west know as a Samurai sword. The official name of the commonly referred to Samurai Sword is actually the Katana however, any curved blade in the Japanese culture has been [...]
A Brief History of the Nunchaku
In the 1970’s, Bruce Lee’s film Enter the Dragon gave the western world its first glimpse of the ancient martial arts weapon the nunchaku. The strange twirling weapon was comprised of two sticks held together by a small chain. It [...]
A Brief History of the Naginata
In a Japanese samurai class, certain members traditionally used a pole weapon known as the naginata. The shaft of this weapon is made of wood, and has a large curved blade on the end. The shaft of the weapon ranges [...]
A Brief History of the Bokken
The bokken is a Japanese training weapon used when learning the art of the sword. Originally, the wooden bokken was most likely copied from similar training tools in China. The bokken, or boken, became popular as a training sword during [...]
A Brief History of the Katana
The Japanese Katana is known as one of the deadliest edged weapons originating from Oriental cultures, perhaps through western movies and culture, but rightfully also through the hundreds of thousands who have died by its edge.
Japanese Terminology
Some Jujitsu schools have done away with using the Japanese language in their training, others consider it integral to both preserving the art and conveying certain ideas. Here’s a list of a lot of the Japanese Jujitsu translations and terminology [...]
