About the Sensei
I built Scythe School on roots that shaped me: boxing for timing and proof, karate for posture and power, yoga for balance and recovery, and the strategies of Niten Ichi Ryu inspired by Miyamoto Musashi.
My Background
I am well-versed in boxing and karate techniques, an avid yogi, and a dedicated student of Musashi’s writings. By exploring Niten Ichi Ryu strategy and adapting it into modern movement, I sought to codify what the scythe really teaches: control of distance, structure under pressure, and calm in motion.
How These Arts Shaped Scythe Training
- Boxing: Footwork, rhythm, and sparring — the proof of technique.
- Karate: Discipline, forms, and the steel body forged through basics.
- Yoga: Breathwork, alignment, and the recovery that makes training sustainable.
- Niten Ichi Ryu: Distance, timing, and initiative — Musashi’s spirit of strategy applied to the scythe.
Scythes impracticality is its secret weapon!
The scythe is not a practical weapon is a common sentimentand to me, that is why scyhe is amazing. If you can master the scythe, using perform form wielding a weapon that is difficult to wield, then wielding a sword becomes much easier. Think of it like playing vide game on hard mode. If you can make hard easy, then easy becomes effortless and that is key to mastery
“The scythe isn’t just a weapon. It’s a mirror. It shows where you stand, and whether you’re honest in practice.”