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Noma Dōjō (野間道場) is a privately owned kendo training hall, or dōjō, located in Tokyo's Bunkyo ward close to Gokoku-ji. The original Noma Dojo was established in 1925 by Seiji Noma, founder of the Kodansha publishing house, but demolished by the company in late 2007 and replaced with a modern training hall in a neighbouring office ...
These kata are officially known as the "All Japan Kendo Federation Iai " (全日本剣道連盟居合, Zen Nippon Kendō Renmei Iai), or Zen Ken Ren Iai (全剣連居合) and commonly referred to as seitei or seitei-gata.[1] The twelve seitei-gata are standardised for the tuition, promotion and propagation of iaido within the kendo federations.
Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵), born Shinmen Takezō (新免 武蔵, c. 1584 – 13 June 1645), [1] also known as Miyamoto Bennosuke and by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, [2] was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 ...
Hikitsuchi taught as chief instructor of Kumano Juku Dojo in Shingu, Japan until his death in February 2, 2004 aged 80. The dojo was founded by Ueshiba in 1953. Hikitsuchi traveled twice to the United States, and regularly to European countries, teaching at dojos that had been started by his students. American Aikido instructors who trained ...
www.kendo-fik.org. Kendo (剣道, Kendō, lit. 'sword way', 'sword path' or 'way of the sword')[ 1 ] is a modern Japanese martial art, descended from kenjutsu (one of the old Japanese martial arts, swordsmanship), that uses bamboo swords (shinai) as well as protective armor (bōgu). [ 2 ] It began as samurai warriors' customary swordsmanship ...
Kogen Ittō-ryū (甲源一刀流) was founded by Henmi Tashiro Yoshitoshi, a student of Sakurai Gosuke Nagamase, who in turn was an exponent of the Aizu branch of Mizoguchi-ha Ittō-ryū. The Henmi dojo still stands in Saitama Prefecture. This is Ryūnosuke Tsukue's sword school in the 1966 historical drama The Sword of Doom (大菩薩峠).
Transcriptions. Romanization. dōjō. A dōjō (道場, Japanese pronunciation: [doꜜː (d)ʑoː] [note 1]) is a hall or place for immersive learning, experiential learning, or meditation. This is traditionally in the field of martial arts. The term literally means "place of the Way " in Japanese.
Jūkendō (銃剣道) is the Japanese martial art of bayonet fighting, [1][2][3][4] and has been likened to kendo (but with bayonets instead of swords). [5] According to Tanaka Fumon, jūkendō techniques are based on Japanese sojutsu (spear fighting) [6] and 19th century French bayonet fighting techniques. [7] However, according to French ...