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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 ...
Essentially, Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū is the amalgamation of two separate systems of jūjutsu: the Yōshin-ryū and Shin no Shintō-ryū. The distinctive feature of this particular school is the use of atemi or strikes to disrupt the balance of the opponent as well as a more flexible and flowing movement of the body than seen in some older schools of jūjutsu.
Iizasa Chōisai Ienao (飯篠 長威斉 家直, c.1387 – May 26, 1488) [1] was the founder of Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū which is a traditional Japanese martial art. His Buddhist posthumous name is Taiganin-den-Taira-no-Ason-Iga-no-Kami-Raiodo-Hon-Daikoji. [2]
From this inspiration he named his new system Tenshinsho Jigen Ryu, taking the “Tenshinsho” (true and correct transmission from the deity of Katori Shrine- Futsunushi) from the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu, and adding the term “self-power revelation” (Jigen) which had come to him after his spiritual ordeal at Kashima Shrine. [1]
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; Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū; or to some other martial art: Shintō Musō-ryū, a school of jōjutsu; Shindo Ryu, a modern style of karate; Shinto Ryu, a modern style ...
The discovery of the name "Kasumi" Shinto-ryu was made from recent research into the history of Shintō Musō-ryū but is yet to be confirmed. The most common and older way of naming the 12 sword kata in SMR is "Shintō-ryū". ^ Note b: The true origin of the 12 kenjutsu forms is still not fully explored. Most likely the originator of the forms ...
Tose Yosazaemon Osamune was born in c. 1540 in Hitachi province, Japan (current day Ibaraki Prefecture).He was a land-holding samurai, known as a goshi. [1] While in his early twenties, seeking to enhance his swordsmanship skills, he traveled to Katori Shrine (located in Chiba prefecture) to study under Iizasa Wakasa no Kami Morinobu, the third headmaster of the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto ...
Kashima Shintō-ryū (鹿島新當流) is a traditional school of Japanese martial arts founded by Tsukahara Bokuden in the Muromachi period (c.1530). [1] [2]Due to its formation during the tumultuous Sengoku Jidai, a time of feudal war, the school's techniques are based on battlefield experience and revolve around finding weak points in the opponent's armor.