Recommended Links

Other sites by me

• www.truefork.org links to all my sites including Hajime and the Dragon Preservation Society.

FAQs and other starting points

• ABKF for Iaido, Jodo and Kendo in Belgium
• Sumo
• Judo
• World of Judo and Jujutsu another nice site with some articles by Steve Cunningham
• Naginata
• Shotokan Planet I particularly like the "heresy" section.
• Japanese sword faq
• Internet Virus Hoaxes because I don't want to get any more hoax virus warnings.
• Knots on the Web tying knots, not presented as a martial art, but useful anyway :-)
• No-Nonsense Self-Defense by Marc "Animal" MacYoung

Online Journals etc

• Koryu Books most excellent resource by ex-Aikido Journal-editor Diane Skoss
• Electronic Journals of Martial Arts and Sciences a growing list of interesting articles
• Aikido Journal Online the new AJ site
• AikiWeb I think it qualifies as online journal.
• Aikido Today Magazine
• Guelph Iaido, home of the Iaido newsletter
• Furyu: The Budo Journal Wayne Muromoto's journal. Check his other sites too (some rare Dave Lowry material there).
• HACA - The Historical Armed Combat Association has some rare resources, and is updated often.
• IHS Home Page International Hoplology Society
• The swordforum originally focussed on "highlander" katanas, but now includes a variety of sword topics. Has reviews of sword products.
• E-Budo.com The Internet's Source for Japanese Martial Arts and Culture Well organised discussion forums.
• The Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts (AEMMA)

Some sites about Japan

• Dave Aldwinckle's essays on living in Japan as gaijin, not always a sunny experience
• Green Gables: A Contemplative Companion to Fujino Township
• Japanese Language online Japanese/English English/Japanese dictionnary and some language essays
• Basic Terms of Shinto
• Cyber Shrine part of the Electric Samurai
• Oomoto a site on the shin shukyo founded by Nao Deguchi
• History of Japanese Costume
• Taiko (drums)
• Anime Web Turnpike a great and well-ordered link collection on Japanese animation
• Web Resources for Japanese Food
• Bonsai Forum
• Japan Reference Page

Japanese swords and related hardware

• Sword.ne.jp a site in English about "swinging the Japanese sword"
• So what is a tsuba?
• Grey Company Trebuchet Page magnificent siege engines
• The Arador Armour Library

Clubs, organisations and individuals with interesting sites

• The Meishin Kyudojo Homepage kyudo website maintained by Dan and Jackie DeProspero. Consider getting one of their books
• Shinkendo Hombu page of Toshishiro Obata's system
• Shindo Muso ryu Jodo (Rick Polland's organisation)
• Martial Arts and Ways links page by Tom Bolling and home of the Kenyu newsletter
• Yoshioka Sensei's Aikido Aikido in Hawaii.
• Daito Ryu Aiki Bujutsu Fuji Yama Dojo
• TAKUMAKAI Takeda Sokaku's school at Asahi
• British Aikido Association is mostly about Tomiki Aikido.
• Jiyushinkai Aikibudo nice pages from C. E. Clark's dojo, interesting essays and pictures.
• Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu would a real ninja deny to be a ninja, or claim to be a ninja to avoid suspicion of being a real ninja?

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