Welcome to this episode of the Shugyo Podcast. This episode is my own perspective on the unique tool found in the traditions of Togakure Ryu, known as the Kyoketsu Shoge. This sickle, rope and ring has been the hallmark of the modern 'ninja', finding it's way on toys, cartoons and countless hours of discussion, yet almost no demonstration of it's use. 
In this episode, along with it's supplemental video found on our blog, I breakdown much of what I see as myth, drawn from the old work of Hatsumi Soke and twisted into the black cloaked ninja in smoke clouded mystery. My perspective is, it's much more simple and needs to be understood as that. 
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