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Saturday, April 13, 2019

A Few Words From...Oe Masamichi

"When Uno Mataji asked his teacher Oe Masamichi (17th Headmaster, Muso Jikiden Eishin-Ryu) about the reason why he only taught  iaijutsu and not kendo to Yamauchi Toyotake (18th Headmaster, Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu, first branch head of Yamauchi-ha), he answered by saying it is not proper to strike a lord with a bamboo stick." - Muso Jikiden Eishin-Ryu:  The Iai Forms and Oral Traditions of the Yamauchi Branch, Yamakoshi Masaki
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