Shingyoto-ryu
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is a Japanese koryū
swordsmanship
style founded in 1682 by . The name roughly translates as "mind shape/form sword school". This style places a high emphasis on swordmanship philosophy, manily to-ho-no-sho-shin or "the heart of the sword".
Koryu
is a Japanese word that is used in association with the ancient Japanese martial arts. This word literally translates as "old school" or "traditional school"...
swordsmanship
Swordsmanship
Swordsmanship refers to the skills of a swordsman, a person versed in the art of the sword. The term is modern, and as such was mainly used to refer to smallsword fencing, but by extension it can also be applied to any martial art involving the use of a sword...
style founded in 1682 by . The name roughly translates as "mind shape/form sword school". This style places a high emphasis on swordmanship philosophy, manily to-ho-no-sho-shin or "the heart of the sword".
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- Systems: kenjutsuKenjutsu, meaning "the method, or technique, of the sword." This is opposed to kendo, which means the way of the sword. Kenjutsu is the umbrella term for all traditional schools of Japanese swordsmanship, in particular those that predate the Meiji Restoration...
(odachiOdachiAn , was a type of long Japanese sword. The term nodachi, or "field sword", which refers to a different type of sword, is often mistakenly used in place of ōdachi. It is historically known as ōtachi....
, kodachiKodachiA , literally translating into "small or short tachi ", is a Japanese sword that is too long to be considered a dagger but too short to be a long sword...
, nitto), iaijutsuIaijutsu, the art of drawing the Japanese sword. One of Japanese martial disciplines in education of the classical warrior .-Etymology:"Iaijutsu" was known before the Tokugawa period but it is unclear exactly when the term "iaijutsu" first came into use, or when exactly drawing the katana from its...
, naginatajutsuNaginatajutsuis the Japanese martial art of wielding the . This is a weapon resembling the medieval European glaive. Most naginatajutsu practiced today is in a modernized form, a gendai budō, in which competitions also are held.-Debated origins:...
, kagitsuki naginata (glaive mounted with a crossbar at the juncture of haft and blade) - Date founded: 1682
- Founded by: Iba Josuiken Hideaki
- Present representative/headmaster: Kobayashi Masao 5th generation instructor at the Kameyama Enbujō
- Primarily located in: Mie PrefectureMie Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan which is part of the Kansai regions on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Tsu.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, Mie prefecture was known as Ise Province and Iga Province....