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A PUBLICATION FOR ALL THINGS RELATED TO IAIDO, IAIJUTSU AND KENJUTSU ISSUE FOUR – FEBRUARY 2014 Editor: Stephen Nixey Diary dates Editor & Creative Director: Fraser Biscomb News, events and updates. This issue contributors: Raul Acevedo, Steve Coniaris, Rob Dillon, John Evans, Coneyl Jay, Adrian Jones, Nigel Kettle, Justin McKay, David Passmore, Gary Williamson. Email: [email protected] Design and production: FARM – [email protected] Cover photo: Public domain Advertising: Contact us at our email address and request a rate card, or go to our website and download information directly from there. Deadlines Copy and imagery: Please submit copy and imagery at anytime by email. We CAN NOT accept copy by post. Imagery should ideally be sent as 300dpi jpegs or psd files and labelled appropriately. Image files larger than 10mbs should be sent as compressed files via www.hightail.com or similar to: [email protected] Advertising: Please submit advertising as per the specifications outlined on the rate card by the end of the second week of every “odd” month. The Cutting Edge is published bi-monthly on “even” number months, therefore submission must be by the 30th day of odd number months, i.e., January, March, May, July, September and November. Copyright The magazine follows international copyright and Fair Use law. Images taken by Cutting Edge photographers remains the magazine’s property and are stored electronically in our photolibrary. Re-usage of this imagery without permission is forbidden. Imagery taken from the public domain is not credited, as the original owner can not always be verified. Imagery supplied by external sources must either be labelled with source details or have permission (accreditation) given for re-use. In these circumstances, Cutting Edge cannot be held responsible for copyright breaches, and if required, the source will be named if requested by the authorities. The copyright of all written text remains the property of the author. Reproduction in any way or by any means requires the authors permission. www.at-the-cutting-edge.com © Copyright Cutting Edge 2014 5 Profile Saigo Takamori 8 32 Sen Rikyu The real last samurai. Tea master. In depth 20 Rashomon 22 Nakamura Ryu 16 Yoshiwara More than just a film! Part 2. Samur ai entertainment. 8 Saigo Takamori The mind behind 38 Zendo An introduction to Zen and it’s association with budo. Well armed 50 Yoroi Elaborate protection. Insight 30 Seme, tame... Sometimes misunderstood! Articles 14 Jottings on training 40 Aizu 46 The Philosopher Swordsman 32 Sen Rikyu, the man behind the tea ceremony Interpretation? Historically rich Fukushima. Gymkata be kidding? 20 CUTTING EDGE | 1