Yagyu Shinkage-ryu, one of the leading schools of swordsmanship in Japan for over 450 years, was started in the early 16th century by master swordsman Kamiizumi Ise no Kami. Kamiizumi Ise no Kami ...
The bokuto slices through the air, as tough and slender as the 25-year-old woman holding it. “I’m the only white girl in the world who does this,” says actress Samaire Armstrong, who uses the wooden ...