Feedback and Corrections (Heihō Kadensho Part 1)
It has been MANY months since my last major post about the Heihō Kadensho, Yagyū Munenori's kenjutsu treatise. In that time, I've received a lot of feedback and commentary. I thought it would be helpful for my readers if I responded to those comments before digging into more of the techniques and philosophy of Shinkage-ryū. Broadly speaking, this feedback pertains to foot position and posture with the sword. This update has been sitting in my editing bin for awhile, so a lot has happened in that time. Among other things, I entered a Martial A&S Show and Tell last week! I wasn't able to join the live video discussion, but I did send in a short video which the laurels graciously responded to. In that presentation, I recapped some points of my research that I've already published on this blog. I also delivered a research statement describing how I'm trying to introduce more widespread kenjutsu scholarship into SCA Rapier Combat while aiming to be respectful, a