石山流抜刀術: 石山流の型 Ishi Yama Ryu Kata

A demonstration of some of the Ishi Yama and Tachiyama kata performed by Steve Baxter at The Jhoon Rhee Institute. Music is Lunar - Method of Man.

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[lennybruce8]

interesting forms. nice to see. why do you cover koiguchi with your palm? can you tell me the reason for this?

[IshiYamaRyuSeattle]

Thank you for the comment. In regards to the palm position, I believe you are referring to the left hand position during chiburi (correct?), the palm is actually placed along the saya (though the contrast in this video might make it look like it is covering the koiguchi), with the thumb positioned near the kurigata. It is a preposition which facilitates our noto, which also relates to other geometric principles in our style.

[ItsNotABaton]

Those look quite remarkably similar to the Toyama Ryu Jokyu kata taught in the Shinkendo curriculum.... Is there a correlation?

[IshiYamaRyuSeattle]

[sorry I accidently clicked "remove" instead of "reply" on your other comment]

Yes, there is some correlation. McCartney Sensei trained under Obata Sensei in the early 80's before Obata started Shinkendo. These kata could be considered gaiden waza, but we only use them as a training method to transition from our beginning technique to our advanced technique. You can probably see that the technique itself is different from shinkendo. The Ishi Yama kata begin after nidan no kata at 3:34.

[IshiYamaRyuSeattle]

To answer your other question. No, we do not teach shinkendo at our school. While the sequences in some of these kata are similar, they have a different bunkai, tempo and rhythm, and technical approach that distinguishes it from shinkendo. So the spirit and the meaning of the kata are fundamentally different.

Thank you for the question.

[dakoata121212]

This is cool, this is the first school that i have seen were the practioiners wear Kimono and not a Gi and Hakama. Nice forms.

[lennybruce8]

1:34 ok i see now. the inside edge of your finger is outside hte saya. i got it now. thanks!

[ItsNotABaton]

I see- interesting.

Thank you for the response.

[kfkonrad1]

Nice! It's good to finally see video of you Steve.