Honda Ryu National Annual Meeting, Meijijingu Second Dojo, Tokyo. Receiving ranking from Honda Tochizune, 4th Grandmaster.
Honda Ryu National Annual Meeting, Meijijingu Second Dojo, Tokyo. Receiving ranking from Honda Tochizune, 4th Grandmaster.
(L) Takeda Ryu Yabusame on Zushi Beach.
Suhara Koun-sensei training at Enkakuji.(NB: Herrigel's bows above the mirror)
Taniguchi-sensei (7-dan kyoshi) Makiwara jarei.
Taniguchi-sensei, Chiba-sensei, Oshima-sensei, Honda-sensei.
Honda National Shinenkai 2005, Meijijingujinja, Tokyo.
Nine Shots from a koryu (tokubetu) enbu ceremony called 'Chikurin Secret Technique in the Classic Way of Shooting', performed at Honda Ryu Annual General Meeting, Meijijingu Dojo, Tokyo, 28 August 2005. The archer is Katsumi Tanaka of Heki-ryu, Chikurin-ha.
A father's pride: My son has just started ZNKR kyudo training at Motomachi Dojo, September 2005. Children should not begin until late elementary school or early teens-- when their skeletal structure is reasonably well developed.
Some photos from the International Seminar of Budo Culture, March 7-10, 2008:
