奥原マット - Matt Okuhara - 松本城鉄砲隊 - Interpreter for the Matsumoto Castle Gun Corps. Equestrian. Former police officer. Military veteran. Occasional writer.
Joined September 2021
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15 Nov 2022
This is what we do.
The Matsumoto Castle Gun Corps is a shooting display team from the Japanese Alps. We use samurai era guns and practice hōjutsu; the Way of the Gun. #hojutsu #samurai #gunsamurai #matsumoto #japan
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Time for something a little different… but it is still, gun samurai 😅
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Jun 11
If hōjutsu and The Way of the Gun is something that interests you, then you should give Gun Samurai a go. A Decade in the Matsumoto Castle Gun Corps.
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Jun 8
This is an anti material weapon…. I’m tired of ‘scholars’ saying ‘oh but the cavalry…’, ‘that could not hit…’; so slow’.
We know. This is not a general infantry weapon.
If you were a battlefield commander in samurai Japan - how would you use this weapon? This is what they had.
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Matsumoto Castle during WW2… the history of the city is more than the samurai.
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Samurai snipers in action at Matsumoto Castle! Check the link for the full gunnery exercise 🙇
🎥 @ohazassu
youtu.be/PtdDXAXN1H0?si…
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Jun 7
Did you catch is at the Gunnery Exercise at Matsumoto Castle? Here are the highlights!
🎥 @ohazassu
youtu.be/PtdDXAXN1H0?si=drex…
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Jun 7
On the gun line with the Matsumoto Castle Gun Corps. A clip from our upcoming YouTube video!
🎥 @ohazassu
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Training with Gun Samurai.
Hōjutsu is one of the oldest Japanese martial arts practiced in its original form - with techniques dating back to 1543…
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Jun 4
Samurai artillery. Kind of. This gun was actually owned by a samurai from the Takashima Clan, in what is now modern day Nagano, and was used during the Battle of the Wada Valley in 1841. During that engagement, gunners from the Matsumoto and Takashima alliance ambushed the Mito rebels as they tried to negotiate the valley, using sustained firepower from elevated shooting positions…
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Jun 3
From one uniform to another.
I wrote about my experiences in the British Police in a book called ‘Nuclear Copper - The Secret World of Nuclear Policing’.
If reading is your thing, or if you want to find out about the UKs most heavily armed police force, then check it out on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones etc… links in bio 🔗
#books #author #samurai #police
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Jun 1
We will be shooting at Takashima Castle in Suwa City on the 25th of July! It’s free to visit! And it’s also my birthday! Come and see us if you have time!
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Maintenance and notes!
We have over 300 guns in the collection. They are all registered cultural artifacts - items from the samurai era of feudal Japan.
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May 30
In hōjutsu, everyone is a white belt!
Actually there are only two members of The Matsumoto Castle Gun Corps that are able to fire this ozutsu.
For those who are interested in the specifics, this is a 770grain loaded into a 30mm barrel. That’s 50g of black powder 💥
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May 29
60 Second Hōjutsu Lesson
The martial art of Japanese gunnery isn’t just about shooting. It involves, research, maintenance and the academic study of the way of the gun.
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