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Some later styles of karate have been derived from blending techniques from the four main branches, while others have added techniques from other martial arts. For example Kyokushin, which is an extremely hard style derived from Shotokan and Gōjū-ryū, involves much more breaking and full contact, knockdown sparring as a main part of training ...
Extending this idea, he posited that, if training in karate in a natural way leads one to mastery of one's body, knowledge and experience are vastly increased and the foundation for naturally living a moral life is established. For this reason Konishi named his own style Shindō jinen-ryū ("godly, natural style, complete empty-handed way"). [1]
Yasuhiro Konishi was born in 1893 in Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan.In 1899 he began training in Muso Ryu jujutsu, then kendo when he was 13 and later, Takenouchi-ryū jujutsu and judo.
The tradition came to be known as Shintō-ryū kenjutsu in the mid-19th century [2] by research made into the history of SMR by the SMR-practitioner Umezaki Chukichi. The discovery of the name "Kasumi" Shintō-ryū was made from recent research by the SMR-practitioner Kaminoda Tsunemori, a direct student of Shimizu Takaji [ 1 ] and leader of ...
[7]: 11 This process of standardization of martial training continued when, in 1895, a body for martial arts in Japan, the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, was established. Work on standardizing kenjutsu kata continued for years, with several groups involved [ 7 ] : 11, 12 until in 1912 an edict was released by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai.
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.
Shinto-ryu can refer to several styles of classical Japanese swordsmanship used by the samurai: . Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū; Kashima Shintō-ryū; Kasumi Shintō-ryū Kenjutsu
^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 ...