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Shindo Jinen Ryu training has three main elements: kihon (basics), kata (forms or patterns of moves) and kumite (sparring). It incorporates elements of karate, aikido, jujitsu and kendo in its curriculum and also emphasizes both philosophy and education. [2] The strong influences of both Gichin Funakoshi and Kenwa Mabuni are apparent in the ...
Katori Shinto Ryu Dojo training hall in Katori city, Japan Iizasa Ienao founded Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū in 1447. Iizasa Ienao (飯篠 長威斎 家直 Iizasa Chōi-sai Ienao, c. 1387 – c. 1488) was a respected spearman and swordsman whose daimyō was deposed, which encouraged him to relinquish control of his household to conduct purification rituals and study martial arts in ...
Various other martial arts also include elements of jō that are not necessarily related to Shintō Musō-ryū. One of the most famous promoter of the jō outside of Shintō Musō-ryū in modern times, and indeed in the martial arts community as a whole, was the founder of Aikidō, Morihei Ueshiba.
^c A more modern example of martial arts going underground and being secretly taught can be found in the post-World War II ban on Japanese martial arts by the United States during its occupation. Shintō Musō-ryū Jōdo, like many other ryu such as Katori Shinto-ryu, was temporary banned and forbidden to be taught. The occupation forces were ...
In many of the older koryū martial arts, kata are at the center of what is taught with little or even no sparring as compared to more modern martial arts such as kendo and/or judo. The modern Shintō Musō-ryū system holds approximately 64 [1] [2] jō kata divided into several series. All forms are normally taught in sequence.
Martial arts writer Takao Nakaya claims that this dan system was first applied to martial arts in Japan by Kanō Jigorō (1860–1938), [2] the founder of judo, in 1883, and later introduced to other East Asian countries. [3] In modern Japanese martial arts, holders of dan ranks often wear a black belt; those of higher rank may also wear either ...
In Japanese martial arts, "initiative" (先, sen) is "the decisive moment when a killing action is initiated." [20] There are two types of initiative in Japanese martial arts, early initiative (先の先, sen no sen), and late initiative (後の先, go no sen). Each type of initiative complements the other, and has different advantages and ...
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department started a ranking system using kyū to measure the police officers' ability in Kendo. Grades were from 8th to 1st. [1] In the 1890s, the Greater Japan Martial Virtue Society introduced the dan and kyū ranking system to various martial arts in Japan. [2]