Japanese Sword Arts FAQ

Japanese Sword Arts FAQ Version 2.7

5. Are there any other net.resources?

Why, yes there are.

The iaido-l FTP site is foxsun.nscl.msu.edu. Login with the username anonymous and any password you feel like using. The directory is /pub/iaido. Currently the site contains a number of good things. 00files.txt has the complete list and instructions fo r use, but in brief you can find dojo lists for kendo and iaido for North America and Europe, several glossaries, a set of True Type kanji fonts, some GIFs, a number of Quicktime clips and lists of literature, as well as this FAQ.

The FTP availability of this FAQ usually lags the posting date by a few days for new versions, so if you find an older version at either site, wait a while.

If you are interested in more information on sword arts, subscribe to the iaido-l mailing list. Covering mostly iaido, kendo and sword collection, but also kenjutsu and iaijutsu, this excellent service comes to us courtesy of Kim Taylor and Johanna Bot ari. Send e-mail to:

listserv@listserv.uoguelph.ca

with the only contents being:

SUBSCRIBE iaido-l Your Name

Wouldn't hurt to have it in the subject either. Once you're on, send mail to iaido-l@listserv.uoguelph.ca to contribute. Please note that the "Your Name" part must be a two word name, not your e-mail address.

If you are interested in nihon-to specifically, there is the nihonto-l mailing list. Nihonto-l is available for those readers wishing to participate in discussions more related to craft, history, and collecting of Japanese Swords.

To subscribe to nihonto-l, please send e-mail to:

nihonto-request@northcoast.com

with no subject and the only contents being:

The list owner is Robert Cole, Shoshin@northcoast.com.

The list of web sites which cover Japanese sword arts is now too long to maintain here in the FAQ. Those sites related to suppliers can be found in the list of suppliers at the end of this FAQ. Here are a few key sites:

All United States Kendo Federation:

http://www.rain.org/~galvan/auskf/

British Kendo Association:

http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~bka/index.htm

Canadian Kendo Federation:

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~kataylor/ckfindex.htm

Koryu Online

http://www.koryubooks.com/

Furyu Journal Online

http://www.furyu.com/

Journal of Asian Martial Arts (JAMA)

http://www.ncinter.net/~viamedia