Spotlight On ...Shinkendo Australia Located: Melbourne VIC Chief Instructor: Howard Quick Website: www.shinkendo.com
Howard Quick is the Australian Chief Instructor of Shinkendo, the Japanese art of swordsmanship. Toshishiro Obata s a world-renowned swordsman, and founder and chief of Shinkendo. Shinkendo is comprised of five equal areas of study: • Battoho (drawing and cutting methods) • Tanrengata (forms) • Suburi (solo exercises) • Tachi-uchi (partner practice) • Tameshigiri (test cutting) Other areas of study include; sword safety, sword etiquette, the history of the Japanese sword, and other sword related subjects. |
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