New Items
Soke's Welcome Letter, 2010
Kaicho's Letter, 2010
Japanese Monsters and Ghosts
Tamahagane Production
Tatara Steel
Sword Microstructures
Masayuki Shimabukuro Interview
Principles from Ono Ha Itto Ryu
Resources for Kenshi
Japanese Words for Iaidoka
Cutting Patterns 2009, Most recent patterns for Tameshigiri training.
Cutting Patterns 2008, Old patterns for Tameshigiri training.
Japanese Manners, an introduction to basic cultural expectations in Japan.
Origins of Japanese History
Sword Care, Recommendations of the NBTHK
Fudoshin, By Stephen M. Fabian Ph.D.
The Japanese Sword, Historical Changes in Shape, By Paul Martin
The Omori Ryu, By Kim Taylor
Virtues of the Sword, By James Williams
Jo Ji Juku Go, Snappy four Kanji sayings popular in Japan and China
The Swordsman and the Cat, Japanese folk tale regarding strategy
The Death of Nakamura Sensei, Collected comments and insight after his death in 2003
Kiai Key for Various Styles of Swordsmanship
Suitable Swords for Iai and Test Cutting, Advice from Nakamura Sensei and Nakayama Sensei regarding sword length, weight and configuration.
Essential Principals of Nakamura Ryu, Translated by Takako Funaya
Japanese Traditional and Ceremonial Colors, Excerpted from G. Thompson at Temarikai.com
Fundamentals of Japanese Archery, By William R. B. Acker, Handwritten 1937
Ranking Systems in Modern Japanese Martial Arts, By Donn Draeger, Lecture 1976