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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 ...
The Jikishin Kage-ryū Kenjutsu comes from a previous school, Kage-ryū Kenjutsu. A samurai (侍) called Aisu Iko founded Kage-ryū in 1490. [5] He perfected and taught his style around Japan. There are evidence from 1525 that another samurai named Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Nobutsuna (1508–1548) is teaching his own style, a form of Kage-ryū ...
Musō Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi, founder of Shintō Musō-ryū (Image from the Buko Hyakunin Isshu). According to its own history, [1] Shintō Musō-ryū was founded in the Keichō era (1594–1614) by Musō Gonnosuke, a samurai with considerable martial arts experience.
It is attested to by the bestowing of two artifacts: a scroll on which is written the name of the techniques and the approach to them that must be transmitted if the school is to be perpetuated truly, [3] and a wooden sword that Musashi made himself, with which he trained and used as a walking stick during the last years of his life, [3] today ...
Kenjutsu Sword art Shinkage-ryū ( 新陰流 ) meaning "new shadow school", is a traditional school ( koryu ) of Japanese martial arts , founded by Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Fujiwara-no-Hidetsuna, later Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Nobutsuna [ 1 ] (上泉 伊勢守 信綱, 1508–1578) in the mid-sixteenth century.
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
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).
Another sword style is called Katsujin-ken (the One who preserves Life, the Sword of the Victor). Katsujin-ken teaches that, if one's sword does not stop the movement of the enemy, then one may try to fit to the opponent's rhythm, thus entering into the mind of the adversary to find his weakness.