Una demostración gráfica del significado de gonosen, tainosen y sennosen en la estrategia de combate
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sábado, 20 de febrero de 2016
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Una demostración gráfica del significado de gonosen, tainosen y sennosen en la estrategia de combate
viernes, 19 de febrero de 2016
jueves, 18 de febrero de 2016
Female Samurai In The History Of Japan…
In General, samurai society was dominated by men, but history records that the female members of the samurai clans often displayed a fighting spirit and a concern for honour and duty matching that of the men.
Women were trained in the martial arts and, in time, many became highly skilled, especially in the use of naginata.
Tales of courageous and devoted samurai women abound in the epic “Heike Monogatari”. A chief among these women was Minamoto Yoshinaka’s wife, Tomoe Gozen, but the period produced numerous other heroic samurai women, including Hojo Masako, the wife of Minamoto Yoritomo, who was known as “the general in nun’s habit” (on her husbands death, she became a Buddhist nun, the traditional fate of samurai widows). Masako was a prominent political player in the early years of the Hojo regency that succeeded her husband, at one point engaging in open conflict with her father. From her new position as a Buddhist nun, she successfully bullied the samurai class into standing by the shogunate.
These stories reflect the relatively strong position women held in samurai society at the time. Laws governing the shogun’s court in the early 13th century allowed women equal rights of inheritance with brothers and the right to bequeath property. Samurai and bushi wives had high status in the household. They controlled household expenditure, managed servants, and were called upon to defend the home in times of war. They were also responsible for raising their children to the samurai ideas of contempt, death and unquestioning loyalty to their lord.
Over the centuries that followed, the practice of using daughters as pawns in the marriage market (a crucial tool in the struggles of the period) and the influence of neo-confucain philosophy, combined to reduce the status of female samurai. The ideal of fealess devotion was gradually replaced by one of quiet passive obedience, a change reflected by the introduction of the new words for wife: Kani and okusan (person in the innermost recesse of the house).
One women, Nakano Takeko, was highly skilled in the use of the naginata, and during the fighting she rushed into enemy lines and cut down many men. Eventually she was shot in the chest. To aviod the disgrace of capture, she told her sister Yuko to remove her head and take it home.
A monument to her was erected in the Hokai temple in Aizu Bangemachi, Fukishima province.
Women were trained in the martial arts and, in time, many became highly skilled, especially in the use of naginata.
Tales of courageous and devoted samurai women abound in the epic “Heike Monogatari”. A chief among these women was Minamoto Yoshinaka’s wife, Tomoe Gozen, but the period produced numerous other heroic samurai women, including Hojo Masako, the wife of Minamoto Yoritomo, who was known as “the general in nun’s habit” (on her husbands death, she became a Buddhist nun, the traditional fate of samurai widows). Masako was a prominent political player in the early years of the Hojo regency that succeeded her husband, at one point engaging in open conflict with her father. From her new position as a Buddhist nun, she successfully bullied the samurai class into standing by the shogunate.
These stories reflect the relatively strong position women held in samurai society at the time. Laws governing the shogun’s court in the early 13th century allowed women equal rights of inheritance with brothers and the right to bequeath property. Samurai and bushi wives had high status in the household. They controlled household expenditure, managed servants, and were called upon to defend the home in times of war. They were also responsible for raising their children to the samurai ideas of contempt, death and unquestioning loyalty to their lord.
“A creature of… no importance”
Over the centuries that followed, the practice of using daughters as pawns in the marriage market (a crucial tool in the struggles of the period) and the influence of neo-confucain philosophy, combined to reduce the status of female samurai. The ideal of fealess devotion was gradually replaced by one of quiet passive obedience, a change reflected by the introduction of the new words for wife: Kani and okusan (person in the innermost recesse of the house).
By the 17th century, many samurai felt that while women were necessary to bear children, they were not really fitting companions for warriors. A cult of homesexuality developed amoung some warriors and, despite repeated prohibiton, many adult samurai formed close relationships with men. In 1687, Ihara Saikaku published his famouse book “Nanshoku okagami” (“The Great Mirror of Manly Love”), which took the homosexual activities amoung the samurai as its theme. “Woman is a creature of absolutely no importance’, he wrote, “but sincere pederastic love is true love”.
Samurai women were still expected to show contempt for death when it came to defending their husbands honour. A wife’s sacrifice of herself, or her honour, for the sake of her husband was a common theme in Japanese drama. Self-renunciation was an imperative for women and remained so even at the end of the 19th century, despite the popularity of western ideas.
Samurai women were still expected to show contempt for death when it came to defending their husbands honour. A wife’s sacrifice of herself, or her honour, for the sake of her husband was a common theme in Japanese drama. Self-renunciation was an imperative for women and remained so even at the end of the 19th century, despite the popularity of western ideas.
Inanzo Nitobe, writing in 1905, devoted one chapter of his book “Bushido: The soul of Japan”
to “The Training and position of women”. This underlines the inferior role accorded to women, telling us that: “In the ascending scale of service stood woman, who annihilated herself for a man, that he might annihilate himself for the master, that he in turn might obey Heaven’.
However, the fighting sprit of the female samurai still managed to show itself on occasion. Their martial prowess was demonstrated during the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877, when the women of Kagoshima fought against the imperial army. In 1868, the fighting between suporters of the shogunate and those supporting the imperial restoration provided another such display.
to “The Training and position of women”. This underlines the inferior role accorded to women, telling us that: “In the ascending scale of service stood woman, who annihilated herself for a man, that he might annihilate himself for the master, that he in turn might obey Heaven’.
However, the fighting sprit of the female samurai still managed to show itself on occasion. Their martial prowess was demonstrated during the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877, when the women of Kagoshima fought against the imperial army. In 1868, the fighting between suporters of the shogunate and those supporting the imperial restoration provided another such display.
Samurai of the Aizu clan, supporters of the shogunate, were left to defend their stronghold of wakamatsu Castle without any hope of outside assistance. Heaviley out-numbered by an army of 20,000 men, the 3,000 Aizu samurai mobilized anyone who could use a weapon. A group of 20 women formed a unit that fought on the front line.
One women, Nakano Takeko, was highly skilled in the use of the naginata, and during the fighting she rushed into enemy lines and cut down many men. Eventually she was shot in the chest. To aviod the disgrace of capture, she told her sister Yuko to remove her head and take it home.
A monument to her was erected in the Hokai temple in Aizu Bangemachi, Fukishima province.
Taken from: Japanese weapons
miércoles, 17 de febrero de 2016
Cómo acortar la Tsuka del Shinai
Tener la longitud correcta de la Tsuka nos permite mantener la postura correcta cuando golpeamos un objetivo. Para acortarla a nuestra medida basta con seguir este instructivo vídeo. (Yo lo hacía dando giros a la parte superior en lugar de cortar como sugiere este vídeo)
martes, 16 de febrero de 2016
Sword spinning
No es ni kendo ni Iaido, No es ni katana ni shinai, pero el movimiento de la espada requiere unas muñecas relajadas.
Don't drop your Shinai! & How to grip it!
This almost never happens in kendo, most people have a good tight grip on their shinai but apparently this wasn't the case.
lunes, 15 de febrero de 2016
Calçotada
La calçotada es una fiesta gastronómica típica de la región occidental de Cataluña; originaria de Valls, en la comarca del Alt Camp (Tarragona), en las últimas décadas se ha extendido y puede degustarse en casi cualquier parte de la comunidad durante el final del invierno y comienzos de la primavera; los calçots, una variedad de cebolletas especialmente cultivada para este propósito, se asan directamente sobre llamas de sarmientos y se comen con la mano, aderezados con una salsa especial, la salvitxada, similar a la romesco. Mientras tanto, las brasas se aprovechan para asar carnes o embutidos para el segundo plato.
Cocidos en su punto, la capa exterior de los calçots se carboniza, dejando el interior tierno y cremoso. Tradicionalmente se llevan a la mesa sobre papel de diario aunque fuera de las zonas tradicionales se ha adaptado, a modo de plato en una teja de barro, que ayudan a conservarlos calientes.
El procedimiento de ingesta — arrancando la capa carbonizada con las manos — hace inevitable mancharse, por lo que en las zonas metropolitanas de Barcelona es tradicional ponerse un enorme babero que llega del cuello hasta las rodillas.
Las fechas típicas para degustar esta especie de cebolla dulce es durante los meses de invierno y primavera.
Fuente wikipedia
Es costumbre acompañarlos con los vinos o cava (Nosotros con Dominicus un priorat excelente).
domingo, 14 de febrero de 2016
Fin de semana de reparación de Shinai
Tras una semana en aceite secado del mismo y limpieza de las astillas aún presentes
Ensamblaje de las láminas
Montar la tsuka
Fijar el Naka-yui y...
listos para entrenar!!!!
Utilidades
Una página de utilidades: desde bancos a periódicos, desde deportes a transportes,...todo en una solo página.
Indeks.es: Todo en una sola Página
Indeks.es: Todo en una sola Página
sábado, 13 de febrero de 2016
viernes, 12 de febrero de 2016
Hatsumi Bujinkan
Hatsumi Bujinkan.. last living ninja to go through the traditional right of passage as a ninja.. if interested look it up.. its fascinating stuff.
jueves, 11 de febrero de 2016
miércoles, 10 de febrero de 2016
Pensamiento
En general, es mejor evitar elegir oficios creativos. Si no es posible, entonces la cuestión es otra. Resulta que no tienes otra salida. Significa que no has sido tú quien a elegido el oficio, sino al contrario...—Serguei Dovlàtov, escritor ruso (1941-1990)
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PS: Con el Kendo pasa lo mismo, no eres tú quien eliges, el kendo te elige a ti.
lunes, 8 de febrero de 2016
Enciclopedia del té (en portugués)
Una nueva adquisición del bibliotecario para el disfrute de los lectores del blog.Accesible en la Biblioteca para Kendolechones dilectos o clicando directamente aquí Enciclopedia del té
domingo, 7 de febrero de 2016
Kirikaeshi, Men, Kote, Tsui, Kote-Men
Ejercicios de exhibición por Takanabe y Hojo Sensei. Kirikaeshi, Men, Kote, Tsuki y Kote-Men
Tendinitis y tendinosis en el kendo
La tendinosis del Aquiles es una de las lesiones por sobrecarga más frecuentes en el kendo. En este vídeo hay algunos consejos sobre cómo paliar las molestias. Este vídeo es de un sensei y no de un fisioterapeuta por lo que no debe ser interpretado como un auténtico consejo médico sino de la propia experiencia personal con los problemas del tendón de Aquiles en el kendo.
sábado, 6 de febrero de 2016
Guqin
Master Chen Shiyu tocando el Guin en las montañas Wudang.
Legend has it that the Guqin, the most revered of all Chinese musical instruments, has a history of about 5,000 years. This legend states that the legendary figures of China's pre-history — Fuxi, Shennong and Huang Di, the "Yellow Emperor" — were involved in its creation. Nearly all qin books and tablature collections published prior to the twentieth century state this as the actual origins of the qin, although this is now presently viewed as mythology. It is mentioned in Chinese writings dating back nearly 3,000 years, and examples have been found in tombs from about 2,500 years ago
Xiao
Master Chen Shiyu tocando el Xiao en las montañas Wudang (1) .
The xiāo is a very ancient Chinese instrument usually thought to have developed from a simple end-blown flute used by the Qiang people of Southwest China in ancient period.
miércoles, 3 de febrero de 2016
Quien fuera Julio Verne
Un tipo que en varias horas consigue una cultura enciclopédica sin duda es digno de admirar!
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