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Ko-ryū: Foundation; Founder: Matsumoto (Sugimoto) Bizen-no-Kami Naokatsu (松本 備前守 尚勝) Date founded: c. 1570: Period founded: Late Muromachi period (1336–1573) Location founded: Kashima (鹿嶋市), Japan (日本) Current information; Current headmaster: Various lineages are still extant and taught: Arts taught; Art: Description ...
Waki-gamae is also known as the Kamae of Metal (金の構, kin-no-kamae) in the five elements classification and the Light Stance (陽の構, yō-no-kamae) in the Ittō-ryū teachings. [1] Shidachi uses this stance in Kendo kata number 4 in response to uchidachi's hassō. It is also used in Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū's kata. [2]
Jigen-ryū (示現流 lit: revealed reality style) is a traditional school of Japanese martial arts founded in the late 16th century by Tōgō Chūi (1560–1643), a.k.a. Tōgō Shigekata, in Satsuma Province, now Kagoshima prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. [1] It focuses mainly on the art of swordsmanship.
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 ...
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In hassō-no-kamae, the left foot is forward, and the sword is held pointing upright with the hilt in front of the right shoulder. The blade should slope slightly to the rear. When cutting, the sword is raised above the head, as in jōdan. [1] Hassō-no-kamae is used by uchidachi in the 4th kendo kata, opposite shidachi's waki-gamae. [2]
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It is considered a variant of chūdan-no-kamae and therefore appearing as a defensive posture, but instead it is used to deflect blows and create striking opportunities. This stance is used as a transition from chūdan-no-kamae to a tsuki (突き; thrust). It is called the Kamae of Earth (地の構え, chi-no-kamae) in Yagyū Shinkage-ryū. [1]