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Thanks for the promote

I liked your ant pushing a water drop picture, too.

You might like this drawing timelapse:
http://videosift.com/video/Queen-of-Swords-Drawing-by-Daisuke-Okamoto

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*adorable

This seems like it might appeal to you:

http://videosift.com/video/Queen-of-Swords-Drawing-by-Daisuke-Okamoto

This is shinto Ryu one of the three biggest schools of kenjutsu. There is are three major schools, Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū, Iaido, and Shinto Ryu. Niten Ichi -ryu was made famous by Musashi, and is the school of two swords. Iaido is the school of sword drawing. Shinto Ryu is mostly use of one sword, but "in knowing one, thing know all things," they use the Bo staff, shoto (wakisashi), long sword, katana, and spears.

An interesting note is that the founder of Iaido was said (in legend) to have been walking down an alley way when and he was attacked from behind. Supposedly he took his side stepped drawing his sword and cut the attacker in half, with one movement of the sword. Thus the school of Iaido was born, out of the necessity to get the sword out of the case faster than ones opponent.

I saw a kendo video here, and wanted to post some kenjutsu!

I knew a fellow who was skilled at kenjutsu and was training under a master of iaijutsu, or Iaido, which is pretty much the art of drawing the sword, like in this clip.

It was pretty interesting to watch him practice, because when I first met him he had just recieved permission from his old japanese master to use a real sword, and with a real sword comes elaborate rituals that must be maintained when practicing. So he'd begin each attempt by paying respect over the sword as it sat in front of him, then he'd slide it under his belt, then he'd adjust to the seated or standing position he wanted to practice, and wait, and slowly move his hands to the sword, then FWOOSH!, he'd pull it out and make a few cuts in the air, then slide it back in, and commence to praying over it again. He showed me how he'd taken a few chunks out of the top of his scabbard, because a large amount of the training is knowing exactly how long your sword is, and exactly when it is free so you can make cuts.

One last note about him, his favorite move was really impressive, where, from a seated and bowing position, he would step up while drawing his sword and cut once forward on the upswing, then turn and cut downwards behind where he had sat. He noted how his master was especially respected in Japan as being incredible at seated moves in Iaido, and this form came about due to situations where maybe you're visiting the enemy to sit and discuss peace proceedings, but an assasin behind you draws his sword while you're seated and bowing in respect. The practitioner could hear the sword draw and attack both people around him while drawing his own sword.