Thursday, April 27, 2023

Various thoughts on combat!

 

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." - Abraham Lincoln

 


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Traditional Japanese fencing (Kendo) aboard a Japanese battleship,

ca 1910-15.
装甲艦上の剣道の練習 (1910–1915)
明治時代, 日本の水兵は伝統的な武芸を嗜むことが多かったようです

 

 

"There are many implements of kobujutsu, but none are very effective when you are going straight backwards."


Chikin Akagawa

 

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