Hello everyone!
A quick introduction to my inquiry: I practice Aikido, Aikiken (sword) and Aikijo (shortstaff) at my dojo. Aside from the gaps in these arts (which i really hope won't be discussed in this thread, at least for the sake of novelty...), we are not having any instruction whatsoever on short blades.
And that's where you experts come into play: as you can see i'm Italian and i've heard from several sources about the existence of indigenous armed-fighting styles, including one centered around daggers.
Could anyone please help me with informations, websites, books, schools, anything?
I would really like a chance to learn a style who might have been practiced by an ancestor of mine, plus some short bladed training could be useful both personally and to the dojo, to improve disarming training and other things.
A quick introduction to my inquiry: I practice Aikido, Aikiken (sword) and Aikijo (shortstaff) at my dojo. Aside from the gaps in these arts (which i really hope won't be discussed in this thread, at least for the sake of novelty...), we are not having any instruction whatsoever on short blades.
And that's where you experts come into play: as you can see i'm Italian and i've heard from several sources about the existence of indigenous armed-fighting styles, including one centered around daggers.
Could anyone please help me with informations, websites, books, schools, anything?
I would really like a chance to learn a style who might have been practiced by an ancestor of mine, plus some short bladed training could be useful both personally and to the dojo, to improve disarming training and other things.