Mastering the Samurai Sword. Cary Nemeroff

Guard)

       Hasso-No Kumai (Vertical Guard)

       Waka-No Kumai (Side Guard)

       Gyaku-No Kumai (Reverse Guard)

      Chapter 9 • Suburi (Cutting)

       Shomen-Uchi (Vertical Head Cut)

       Kubi-Uchi (Diagonal Neck Cut)

       Gyaku Kubi-Uchi (Diagonal Reverse Neck Cut)

       Tomoe-Uchi (Horizontal Stomach Cut)

       Gyaku Tomoe-Uchi (Reverse Horizontal Stomach Cut)

       Nuki-Uchi (Jump Cut)

       Age-Uchi (Diagonal Rising Cut)

       Gyaku Age-Uchi (Reverse Diagonal Rising Cut)

       Yokumen-Uchi (Side of the Head Cut)

       Gyaku Yokumen-Uchi (Reverse Side of the Head Cut)

       Mae-Tsuki (Front Thrust)

       Sasse-Uchi (Supported Cut)

       Ushiro-Tsuki (Rear Thrust)

      Chapter 10 • Uke-Waza (Blocking and Evasive Techniques)

       Evasive Techniques

       Blocking Techniques

       Joden-Uke (Upper-Level Block)

       Gyaku Joden-Uke (Reverse Upper-Level Block)

       Tsuba-Uke (Hand Guard Block)

       Chuden-Uke (Middle-Level Block)

       Gedan-Uke (Lower-Level Block)

      Chapter 11 • Ukemi and Shikko-Waza (Falling and Knee-Walking Techniques)

       Mae Ukemi (Front Fall)

       Yoko Ukemi (Side Fall)

       Mae Zempo Kaiten (Sheathed and Unsheathed Front Roll)

       Shikko-Waza (Knee-Walking Technique)

       Ken-Jutsu Solo Training

      Chapter 12 • Iai-Jutsu

       Nuki-Dashi (Drawing)

       Nuki-Dashi Age (Rising Oblique Draw)

       Nuki-Dashi Tate (Vertical Draw)

       Nuki-Dashi Tomoe (Horizontal Stomach Draw)

       Nuki-Dashi Ushiro (Rear Draw)

       Nuki-Dashi Seiza (Seated Draw)

       Chiburi (Deblooding)

       Chiburi Ichi-Waza (Deblooding Technique #1)

       Chiburi Ni-Waza (Deblooding Technique #2)

       Chiburi Seiza (Seated Deblooding Technique)

       Noto (Sheathing)

       Noto Tomoe (Horizontal Stomach Sheathing)

       Noto Tate (Vertical Sheathing)

       Noto Seiza (Seated Sheathing)

       Iai-Jutsu Solo Training

      Chapter 13 • Katas (Standing Forms)

       Fukasa-Ryu Iai-Jutsu Kiso Kata (Standing Forms)

       Kata Mae (Front Form)

       Kata Migi (Right Form)

       Kata Hidari (Left Form)

       Kata Ushiro (Rear Form)

       Kata Mae, Ushiro Nuki-Uchi (Front, Rear Jump-Cut Form)

       Kata Kaze Kiru (Whirlwind Form)

       Kata Ushiro Nuki-Uchi (Rear Jump-Cut Form)

       Kata Migi, Hidari, Mae (Right, Left, Front Form)

       Kata Shikaze (Four Winds Form)

      Chapter 14 • Seiza Katas (Kneeling Forms)

       Fukasa-Ryu Iai-Jutsu Kiso Kata (Kneeling Forms)

       Kata Mae (Front Form)

       Kata Migi (Right Form)

       Kata Hidari, Mae (Left, Front Form)

       Kata Ushiro (Rear Form)

       Kata Mae, Ushiro Chokuzen (Front, Rear Center-Level Thrust Form)

       Kata Hidari, Mae Nuki-Uchi (Left, Front Jump-Cut Form)

       Kata Joden-Uke (Upper-Level Block Form)

       Kata Ushiro, Mae (Rear, Front Form)

       Kata Oroshi (Mountain Wind Form)

       Conclusion

       Glossary

       Acknowledgments

       Author’s Biography

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      Foreword

      I am sure that anyone who has an interest in the Japanese sword will appreciate this well-written and informative publication. Cary Nemeroff, Soke Shodai (first-generation head founder) of the Fukasa-Ryu martial arts system, is a highly skilled martial arts master who began training under me in 1977. He continues training on a regular basis, even though he is a founder of his own martial arts style.

      Cary has always displayed an above-average ability to learn the martial arts. He excelled at everything he was taught, and many years later became my only student who earned dan ranking in nearly all of the martial arts that I teach and represent. This was quite an achievement on his part.

      I introduced Cary to the sword many years ago, and it soon became his favorite weapon. He never missed a sword clinic and even had the honor of training in the early 1990s under Shihan Tomio Nakai