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 (resheathing the sword). MY STANDARD NOTICE TO ALL NONIAIDO 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