![]() Learning directly under someone's supervision takes a lot of time and work. You can continuously show someone the correct posture or form, but they just do not get it, even with direct manipulation of their limbs. Even teaching people directly is full of difficulty. With over 20 years of experience teaching people, I have seen the problems that exist. I would instead want to get a significant amount of sword fighting knowledge from a teacher. However, learning something as complicated as swordsmanship without a teacher does not. Lots of moving partsĬertainly, the desire to learn something does resonate with me. ![]() I am not sure of this allure to learn samurai sword fighting or martial arts alone. Indeed, I have, though, tried to figure things out by myself with a lot of training all ready accrued. I have never tried learning the sword by myself. Learning how to use a sword by yourself is not a proper nor a safe way to learn. I have used the phrase "learn properly" a few times. If you want to learn something, you must go and learn it properly. There are, however, significant limitations when it comes to something like sword fighting. The internet with its ease of access and bevy of data, conditions us that with a click of a button we can ingest information and learn something new. Some people say to me, "I have no money," or "I can't travel to Japan." and "I just do not have the time." These are all real reasons, but still not one that should be preventing you from learning iaido correctly. I have heard a few arguments, for example, that there is no dojo nearby. I think the first real question is, why do you feel the need to learn by yourself? The short answer about self-learning sword fighting You can not effectively learn it, and you do not learn it properly when you try it by yourself. I get asked often, "Hey, is it possible to learn sword fighting without a teacher or school?" Sometimes it is not even a question but a statement, "You can learn sword fighting by yourself!"
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