Sasha, February 2012 Iaido Shinsa, NJIT

This is my friend, Sasha, taking her test for nidan (second dan). Sasha practices a slightly different style -- muso shinden ryu. Although the kata performed at san dan and below are all “seitei kata“, meaning “common forms“, you will see slight some differences -- most noticeably in noto (re-sheathing the sword). MY STANDARD NOTICE TO ALL NON-IAIDO PRACTITIONERS: If you are bored by the beginning/ending ritual, please skip ahead to the one minute mark. That’s where the “action“ begins. But these things ar