Ittō-ryū
Sign in to save, meaning "one-sword school", is the ancestor school of several Japanese Koryū kenjutsu styles, including Ono-ha, Mizoguchi-ha, Nakanishi-ha, Kogen, Hokushin, Itto Shoden and even Mugai Ryu. The style was developed by Itō Ittōsai Kagehisa.
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10 sectionsContents
- Ono-ha Ittō-ryū
- Mizoguchi-ha Ittō-ryū
- Nakanishi-ha Ittō-ryū
- Kogen Ittō-ryū
- Hokushin Ittō-ryū
- Ittō Shōden Mutō-ryū
- Tadanari-ha Ittō-ryū
- Tenshin Ittō-ryū
- References
- Further reading
, meaning "one-sword school", is the ancestor school of several Japanese Koryū kenjutsu styles, including Ono-ha, Mizoguchi-ha, Nakanishi-ha, Kogen, Hokushin, Itto Shoden and even Mugai Ryu. The style was developed by Itō Ittōsai Kagehisa.
==Ono-ha Ittō-ryū== is the oldest of the many Ittō-ryū styles which descended from Ittōsai Kagehisa's original art. It continues to be one of the most influential of the traditional kenjutsu styles today, exerting a major influence, along with Hokushin branch, upon modern kendo's kata, tactics, and aesthetic.