In a message dated 10/22/99 11:56:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
bastian@enterprise.mathematik.uni-essen.de writes:
Tendo Ryu: Speciality==spearmanship p. 156
:
: "Of the innumerable schools of bujutsu that once
: taught . . .only a few(such as the Tendo and the
: Shinkage) are reported to be still active today." p.
: 253
Heh, cool. The question, of course, is whether that particular
"Tendou" is spelled the same as Takahashi's (i.e. with the
{heaven} and {law/teaching} kanji). Given the high rate of
homophones in Japanese, the chance is probably rather slim. On
the other hand the chance that there *is* some kind of "Tendo
Dojo" (however spelled) is considerable. :)
Well, I don't know about that, but Ol' Pops Tendo IS noted for bouncing
into samurai armor and swinging around a spear at the most inappropriate
times. There might be a connection after all...
kenko