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Update -- the pages to be displayed are: http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=1706&handle=book&pg=16

For those interested I have just been informed by the Curator that the Getty manuscript will be on display from July 8th to November 30th 2014. I believe the pages to be displayed will be the Segno...

I was recently informed that Fior di Battaglia will be on display at The Getty in Santa Monica starting sometime in July as part of an "Age of Chivalry" exhibition.

Brian

It goes along with hiding your saya in your hakama. 2:17 -2:28.

Hey All,

For those interested you will find in the next couple of days a .pdf which describes in detail each of the plates on the Schola San Marco's website.

If you could see this manuscript it...

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Yesterday I was at the Getty visiting the Fior manuscript when the Curator wheeled in another work! Who knew? This book is entitled the Harnischbuch and comes from 1570. It should be...

Really good! Enjoyed it throughly.

Brian Stokes

Hello to All,

Although many of you know me for my almost four decades of practicing the Japanese sword I thought I would invite some of you to "cross the line" and give a try at using a sword and...

The Schola San Marco will be hosting a I.33 seminar in Solana Beach, CA (about 15 miles north of San Diego) on the 17th and 18th of November. The guest instructor for this event is Scott Brown whom...

Last week to register. Please visit the facebook page noted in the previous post.

The event's Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/events/162360570561725/

Come join us for Baited Blade's second annual fencing event, SDF 2012, September 28-30! We are so excited to host this event which will be bigger and better than last year! SDF will include amazing...

There are two spaces left. If you would like to attend please contact brian@sandiegosuioryu.org.

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We have extended the date to sign up for this event to May 15th. There are a few spaces left.

Brian

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I believe we should be very, VERY reticent to assume any errors on the part of any scribe or creator of a work from which we train. Doing so allows for interpretations to flourish that...

Which makes me wonder - where or who from did the original creator of the work learn his art? Time for a trip to the library of the Albizi family.

As to MSS1020 ... That is how the curator of...

See next post. One of these days I am going to figure technology out....

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It took Matt Galas about thirty minutes of review to find that the pages which followed the first in the manuscript I will be presenting are, appropriately enough, dedicated to the...

Please note that the phone number listed on the flyer was incorrect. I can be reached via email at brian@suioryusandiego.org.

Thanks!

Brian

1st edition Molten Fire "The Ritual of the Sword" video featuring Shohei Miyairi and Toshishiro Obata. VHS (and I don't remember ever watching it.) $50 postage paid to the U.S.

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A flyer for this event can be found here: http://www.suioryusandiego.org/sohei2012.html

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Here is another reason to attend Fechtscuhule America. I will be presenting to the WMA community a formally unknown fencing manuscript at the event in Houston this year. This is an...

I am pleased to announce a two-day seminar focused on the naginata and jo of the Suio Ryu. The source of these techniques was derived by the founder of the tradition, Mima Yochizaemon Kagenobu, from...

Hey Barrett,

Do you want steel or aluminum?

Brian

Greetings to All,

On the 26th and 27th of May, 2012, (Memorial day weekend) the Suio Ryu(tm) of San Diego will be hosting a two day seminar on the naginata and jo of the Suio Ryu. These...