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Kenjutsu (剣術) is an
umbrella term for all (ko-budō)
schools of ****anese swordsmanship, in
particular those that
predate the
Meiji Restoration. Some modern...
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known as jōdan-gamae, and
frequently shortened simply to jōdan, is a
basic kenjutsu posture. (It is also
found in
naginatajutsu but is far less used due to...
- or 'way of the sword') is a
modern ****anese
martial art,
descended from
kenjutsu (one of the old ****anese
martial arts, swordsmanship), that uses bamboo...
- with the
oiran Yoshino Tayu [Ja].
Musashi created and
refined a two-sword
kenjutsu technique called niten'ichi (二天一, "two
heavens as one") or nitōichi (二刀一...
- Shiranui-ryū (不知火流) is a
traditional school of ****anese
martial arts. It was
created by
Kawakami Gensai in the 1860s,
following his
study of swordsmanship...
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Kasumi Shintō-ryū
Kenjutsu (霞神道流剣術), or (Shintō-ryū
Kenjutsu), is one of the
names used to
describe the
collection of sword-versus-sword training-forms...
- the
early 1800s. The
origin of Ōishi Shinkage-ryū lies in Aizu Kage-ryū
kenjutsu (swordsmanship),
which was
founded by Aizu Ikōsai Hisatada. Aizu Kage-ryū...
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traditional school (koryū) of the ****anese
martial art of
swordsmanship (
kenjutsu). The
school was
founded in the mid-16th century,
based upon
older styles...
- '(single-edged) sword') is a ****anese
wooden sword used for
training in
kenjutsu. It is
usually the size and
shape of a katana, but is
sometimes shaped...
- part of a
classical ryū and is
closely integrated with the
tradition of
kenjutsu. It is
practised with a live
blade (katana),
often simply as solo kata...