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Shintō Musō-ryū jōjutsu (sometimes known as Shintō Musō-ryū jōdō - "Shindō" is also a valid pronunciation for the leading characters), is reputed to have been invented by the great swordsman Musō Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi (夢想 權之助 勝吉, fl. c.1605, date of death unknown) about 400 years ago, after a bout won by the famous Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵, 1584–1645).
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]
The legend states that Musō Gonnosuke found a way to break Musashi's two-sword style of combat and defeat him. Gonnosuke was said to have fully mastered the secret form called The Sword of One Cut ( Ichi no Tachi ), a form that was developed by the founder of the Kashima Shintō-ryū and later spread to other Kashima schools such as Kashima ...
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 ...
^a The names Shinto and Shindo, as used in Shintō Musō-ryū, are both equally correct. Different SMR-groups use the name Shinto or Shindo depending on their own tradition, no sort of consensus has been made as to which name should be used. ^b Kage-ryū Battojutsu did survive the Meiji-restoration and is still active today.
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The Non-Combatant Corps (NCC) was a corps of the British Army composed of conscientious objectors as privates, with NCOs and officers seconded from other corps or regiments. . Its members fulfilled various non-combatant roles in the army during the First World War, the Second World War and the period of conscription after the Second World
Shinobi Life began as a series of one-shots published in Akita Shoten's shōjo manga magazine Princess in 2005 and 2006. [2] A full-scale serialization began in the August 2006 issue of Princess on July 6, 2006, [3] concluding in the April 2012 issue on March 6, 2012. [4] [5] A bonus spin-off story was published in the May 2012 issue on April 6 ...