611 K QuickTime MOV file. The Chikubujima-ryu bojutsu may be the oldest extant martial arts of Japan, having been created in 1184 and continued in an unbroken line of masters to the present day. Supposedly, it was developed by a Nanba Heiji Mitsunori. Life lessons sometimes matter more than anything you can ever learn in a martial arts dojo. Or Wayne-o nearly went off the deep end and bit the Big One.
Mounted archery is exciting to watch.
The Ogasawara-ryu school of etiquette and archery is one of the premiere yabusame groups in Japan. In 1999, for the second time, members of the Ogasawara-ryu came to Hawai'i to demonstrate yabusame as a martial art, Shinto ritual, and spiritual act. And besides that, it was really cool. All US and international copyright laws hold.