An Interview of Hamaji Koichi by Gerald Toff
Translated by Matuoka Hiroshi & Edited by Russ Ebert, Published by Aijokai
These days, people have marvelous opportunities to study living martial traditions all over the world. Beyond those who’ve studied the ‘usual,’ among my personal acquaintances are people who have studied with teachers of authentic lineages of: Bökh (Mongolian wrestling); Esgrima con Machete (Venezuelan & Columbian machete fencing); Fllyssa (Amazigh [Berber] sword); Italian stiletto; Portugeuse jogo do pau (staff fighting); Nguni (Zulu stick-fighting) – just to name a few of many martial traditions outside the usually assumed limits of East Asia.