Japanese sword

Tameshigiri Series: Intro

November 8, 2013 // 0 Comments

For students of Aikido, the study of sword movements is a big part of learning the art. In order to practice the movements safely, students use wooden bokkens and shinai. [...]

MFA: Samurai!

April 10, 2013 // 0 Comments

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is renowned the world over for breadth and depth of its Japanese collection, holding as it does over 100,000 artefacts. When we heard that [...]