Yasuko Kimura Soke - Tendo Ryu Sogobujutsu [Interview Part 1/2 - EN/FR/JA]

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-- INTRODUCTION --
Today, we interview Kimura Yasuko Sensei, 17th Grand Master of the school. She teaches Tendo Ryu and Atarashii Naginata in several schools and to her own classes.
Together, we tackled various topics, such as the school’s evolution throughout history and what it represents as an ancient Bujutsu, as well as what it symbolizes at the present time.
-- CONTENTS --
0:00 - Introduction
1:35 - What is Naginata, as a weapon and as a Kobudo?
2:04 - Is Tendo Ryu only about Naginata-jutsu?
2:26 - Why is the school called Tendo Ryu Naginata-jutsu while in fact, it is a Sogobujutsu?
3:35 - [...] could you specify the writing difference between Atarashii Naginata and the Kobudo version?
4:10 - What’s the difference between Naginata(do), or Atarashii Naginata, considered a Budo, and Tendo Ryu Naginata-jutsu, considered a Kobudo?
5:17 - Since you teach both, could you explain the relation between Atarashii Naginata and Tendo Ryu Naginata-jutsu?
6:17- Are both practices similar?
6:45 - So, you master and teach both arts?
7:01 - Is Tendo Ryu taught in Atarashii Naginata?
7:37 - Although Naginata was wielded by men on the battlefield, it is now mainly practiced by women. Why is that?
9:00 - How did Naginata become 'the' iconic martial arts taught to women in schools?
9:48 - Does that mean that Naginata practice has changed? What is different and why?
11:07 - Isn't that strange that such a long and heavy weapon has been attributed to women?
13:30 - How many techniques are there in Tendo Ryu?
13:57 - Tendo Ryu is, originally, not only Naginata but also Kenjutsu and Kusarigama. Can you tell us more about the school’s history, teachings, and the importance of the Naginata today
14:23 - Are weapons independent from each other or are they linked into a single comprehensive system?
15:09 - Tendo Ryu Jo curriculum simulates a broken Naginata, but does it have any connection with other Jojutsu schools?
15:47 - I've also heard of Rhythm Naginata (*Kata with musical background). Is it popular and is there any connection with Tendo Ryu?
17:07 - Is it a practice in itself or just an addition to regular Naginata practice (Atarashii Naginata)?
17:29 - What is your opinion regarding “tradition (Kobudo) vs sport (AJNF competitive practice)”?
18:26 - [...] what is the main difference of spirit between practitioners of Atarashii Naginata and Naginata-jutsu?
19:05 - Are there people who want to learn only Tendo Ryu, but not Atarashii Naginata?
20:07 - Is training in Tendo Ryu useful for Atarashii Naginata practice?
20:54 - So, what would you say to Atarashii Naginata practitioners?
-- BOOKS --
BUDŌ Japanese Martial Arts: amzn.to/2HJqW2n
Naginata. History and Practice: amzn.to/2FD7Zk8
-- SOURCES --
Denkibo Saito(Public domain): goo.gl/vDTRX2
Gosannen War (PD): goo.gl/VFiuAX
Sports Day in Hamamatsu Girls High School (PD): goo.gl/Zs1U7D
Retreat of Michitsuna-no-Haha (PD): goo.gl/dqUk3s
Samurai and retainers in 1870 (PD): goo.gl/os1aLb
Fighting Monk (PD): goo.gl/XKhKMZ
Samurai around 1880 (PD): goo.gl/kLDDEx
Ishi-jo wielding a naginata (PD): goo.gl/Sj1KiC
The Inner Precincts at Chiyoda (PD): goo.gl/UXvYgu
Portrait of Mitamura Takeko (PD): goo.gl/VbQVXq
Statue of Tsukahara Bokuden (PD): goo.gl/e4R2iJ
Musashi vs Bokuden (PD): goo.gl/RK8wR5
Rhythm Naginata: goo.gl/LYUCe4
All Japan Naginata 2014: goo.gl/v76rCQ
-- CREDITS --
Director: Jordy Delage
Editing: Jordy Delage & Nicolas Nothum
Music: "Senbazuru" - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) CC 3.0
Narrator: Brian Kamei
Camera: Jordy Delage & Nicolas Nothum
Translation & subtitles: Adrien Becam, Eriko Hoshi, Jordy Delage, Jean-François Rauch, Michael Prime
Special thanks to Alexander Bennett Kyoshi.
Chinese subtitles by Aikido Kogan (www.kogan-aikido.com/)
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[@nelsonventura7374]

Very good,beautiful! Thank you very much!

[@Bert-xi1dn]

Excellent questions!

[@randallpetroelje3913]

An elegant dance of budo. Domo arigato gozaimasu. Thanks 🙏

[@sd3693]

There's a technical term, "kata jiai," which Kimura-sensei uses at 19:30 and 21:01, which the subtitles don't really convey the right meaning of. Kata jiai is an advanced type of kata practice used in Tendo-ryu, in which both sides perform the scenario in a kata with the intent to try to actually score on each other, as if they were doing shiai. That adds focus and sharpness and liveness to the training. "Kata jiai" means that, and not the kata kyogi competitions done in Atarashii Naginata, nor the general practice of learning through kata.

[@seidobudostudies]

Depending on people's interests, there are dozens of terms just in this interview that would deserve to be explained with more details.
Subtitles, which are designed to make sense the most accurately but with the minimum of words possible, are not the best way to do this.
You could argue that we should have had a question on Kata jiai though, to which I would answer that, yes, indeed, that would have been a good question. Knowing crystal clear what it means, I missed the fact it's not a concept that is so widely understood in the Budo community.

[@davefletch3063]

That is how kata were supposed to be trained