Maniwa Nen ryu

[max Chouinard]

I really should have searched with kanji before ;).
http://www2.g-tak.gsn.ed.jp/es/04/syakai/mijika/02gun/04tano/03yoshii/504.mpg

[Kogusoku]

Maniwa Nen-ryu 馬庭念流. However, these days I have seen it referred to in publications as simpliy "Nen-ryu".

[Nii]

Very interesting. They have unusual looking techniques. Nen-ryu is one of the oldest surviving koryu, is it not?

[max Chouinard]

However, these days I have seen it referred to in publications as simpliy "Nen-ryu".

Yes I heard this too, maybe like Yagyu shinkage ryu sometimes reffering to Shinkage ryu?

They have unusual looking techniques.

It's the first time I see their techniques in action. They also have some kind of free sparring, and have some very impressive kiai; or so I heard.

Nen-ryu is one of the oldest surviving koryu, is it not?

Yes Nen ryu was founded in 1368 and is now extinct, but Maniwa Nen ryu is a later branch of it. How are the two comparable? Impossible to say.