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09-20-2009, 04:24 PM
Urban warfare medieval style (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/fl20090920x1.html)
Fighters take up arms the old European way (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/fl20090920x1.html)
Aikido, judo, jujitsu, kendo, karate, sumo: Surely Japan has enough martial arts to keep even the most voracious of combat connoisseurs entertained for a lifetime, right? Wrong.
Jay Noyes, a 40-year-old self-described "farmer from Missouri," has recently established his own school for Western martial arts — in Tokyo.
Castle Tintagel, as it's called, is located in the leafy residential district of Mejiro — just up the road from Gakushuin University, where members of the Imperial family are educated. Presumably the local branch of the Security Police has already noticed the presence of fully armored knights wielding longswords, poleaxes, daggers and shields in their midst.
But lest too much alarm ensues: while the armor Noyes and his students use is real — custom-made in mild or stainless steel, chain mail and leather — the weapons are not. "These are made of rattan," Noyes explained, holding up a tape-covered pole about a meter long — a longsword.
"It won't injure you, but it hits with a certain amount of authority," he explained.
Fighters take up arms the old European way (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/fl20090920x1.html)
Aikido, judo, jujitsu, kendo, karate, sumo: Surely Japan has enough martial arts to keep even the most voracious of combat connoisseurs entertained for a lifetime, right? Wrong.
Jay Noyes, a 40-year-old self-described "farmer from Missouri," has recently established his own school for Western martial arts — in Tokyo.
Castle Tintagel, as it's called, is located in the leafy residential district of Mejiro — just up the road from Gakushuin University, where members of the Imperial family are educated. Presumably the local branch of the Security Police has already noticed the presence of fully armored knights wielding longswords, poleaxes, daggers and shields in their midst.
But lest too much alarm ensues: while the armor Noyes and his students use is real — custom-made in mild or stainless steel, chain mail and leather — the weapons are not. "These are made of rattan," Noyes explained, holding up a tape-covered pole about a meter long — a longsword.
"It won't injure you, but it hits with a certain amount of authority," he explained.