נאקאיימה האקודו

    קצת רקע על האקודו ( "קדוש החרב" ) מויקיפדיה :

 Nakayama Hakudō (中山 博道^?, February 11, 1869 - December 14, 1958), also known as Nakayama Hiromichi, was a Japanese martial artist and founder of the iaidō style Musō Shinden-ryū. He is the only person to have received both jūdan (10th degree) and hanshi (master instructor) ranks in kendō, iaidō, and jōdō from the All Japan Kendo Federation. In addition, he held an instructor's license in Shintō Musō-ryū^[1] and a Menkyo kaiden in Shindō Munen-ryū making him the 7th sōke of that system. He was the 18th and last Sōke (head master) of the Shimomura-ha (branch) of Hasegawa Eishin-ryū iaijutsu
By the mid-1920s, Nakayama was one of the most famous swordsmen in Japan, and as such, he was made a leader of the committee that drew up the sword curriculum for the Toyama Military Academy.

Nakayama lived this advice himself, and as such, he was involved in the establishment of the postwar All Japan Kendo Federation    
                                                            Nakayama was also a poet and calligrapher. A sample scroll reads:^[7

אני מצרף בזאת סרטון קצר על האקודו דובר יפנית אומנם ללא תרגום לאנגלית אך אין צורך במילים מספיק להסתכל על התמונות :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LItdqWDK5E8&feature=related