VOICES
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Deborah Klens-Bigman
Ph.D.
Deborah Klens-Bigman is a Jun Shihan (associate Master) of Shinto Hatakage Ryu Iai Heiho, a style of Japanese Swordsmanship.
She has also studied, to varying extents, kendo, jodo (staff), kyudo (archery) and naginata (halberd). She received her Ph.D in 1995 from New York University's Department of Performance Studies where she wrote her dissertation on Japanese classical dance (Nihon Buyo).
Her article on the application of performance theory to Japanese martial arts appeared in the Journal of Asian Martial Arts in the summer of 1999, which has been translated into several other languages and reprinted several times. She has also been a frequent contributor to FightingArts.com.
Recently she relocated to beautiful West Virginia where she is continuing to practice jodo and iaido. She is married to artist Vernon Bigman and lives in a small house with a cat who really owns the place.
