Photos

Here you will find selected photos from martial arts related events and travels. These photos do better to express what I have been fortunate to witness than any words I could provide.

More of my photography can be found at Inner Capture.

☳  Kagami Biraki 2024

Kagami Biraki in Seattle, Feb 2024. Kata performed are selected from the curriculum of Jiki Shinkage-ryu.

☳  Tsubaki Grand Shrine America

Visiting Tsubaki Grand Shrine America in June of 2023, before it is closed.

☳  Kagami Biraki 2023

Kagami Biraki in Seattle, January 2023. Kata performed are selected from the curriculum of Jiki Shinkage-ryu.

☳  Keiko at Seattle Budokan 2021

Practice at the Seattle Budokan in August 2021 during a lull in the pandemic. Kata performed are selected from the curriculum of Jiki Shinkage-ryu.

☳  YCGF Seminars

Group pictures from Taijiquan Seminars with Zhang Yun and Zhao Zeren from 2015 to 2019. I continued to visit Pittsburgh, PA for internal martial arts training after moving to Seattle in 2016.

☳  Swordsquatch 2018

Swordsquatch HEMA Event in September 2018.

☳  Swordsquatch 2017

Swordsquatch HEMA Event in September 2017.

☳  Enbu for Karunakaran

Saturday, 30 July 2016, an enbu was held in Potomac, Maryland, dedicated to the memory of Karunakaran, who recently passed away. Karunakaran was Donn Dreager's most senior jodo deshi and David Hall's mentor in Shindo Muso-ryu jo. Koryu demonstrated included Shindo Muso-ryu jo, Isshin-ryu kusarigama, Yagyu Shinkage-ryu heiho, Kashima Shinden Jiki Shinkage-ryu kenjutsu, and Masaki-ryu manriki.

☳  Longpoint 2016

Photos of Longsword, Rapier, and Passage to Arms at Longpoint 2016 HEMA Tournament in Ellicott City, Maryland.

☳  Capital Katori

Photos from sogo bujutsu workshops held at Capital Aikikai.

☳  Dewa Sanzan

Visiting Dewa Sanzan in Yamagata Prefecture in 2005.

Mark Raugas
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