The July edition of Sword and Spirit has been posted. In “Waka of the Eishin-ryu,” guest contributor Reg Sakamoto — a prominent Canadian instructor of aikido and koryu weapons arts — presents his translations of the philosophical poems related to the Tatehiza no Bu set of forms in Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu iaido.

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