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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...
- 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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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...
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Niten Ichi-ryū is
mainly known for the two-sword—katana and wakizashi—
kenjutsu techniques Musashi called Niten Ichi (二天一, "two
heavens as one") or Nitō...
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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...
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Their success in
sword fighting led to a
renewed interest in the art of
kenjutsu,
which had been
abandoned after the
Meiji restoration, and, as a result...
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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...
- the
captain of the
first unit of the
Shinsengumi and also
served as a
kenjutsu instructor;
later that year, he was
appointed by
Kondo Isami to be the...
