The following clips of koryu were taken by Mr.Russ Ebert & myself at the Nagoya Castle Kobudo Enbutaikai held on Friday 5th of May, 2006. Some of the clips will be hosted on you tube for a limited amount of time. Some of the ryuha showcased were Owari Kan-ryu sojutsu, Yagyu Shinkage-ryu kenjutsu, Yakumaru (nodachi) Jigen-ryu, Tendo-ryu naginata, Hoten-ryu bujutsu among others. We'll start off with Yakumaru Jigen-ryu, who specialize in the use of the Nodachi. The first clip shows them doing Yokogi Uchi (Very different characteristically from mainline Jigen-ryu which use tategi, but the training principle is the same - To build fitness, precision in cutting, aggression and ki.) (N.B. You might think the shrill screaming and repeated bashing of sticks to be comical or nonsensical, but imagine if it were an angry Satsuma (Modern day Kagoshima Prefecture) warrior in full berserker rage trying to cleave you down the middle. You'll soon see what I mean. ) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5dAUfTQjSw&search=Mekugi]Yokogi uchi[/ame] Next they performed some group iaijutsu exercises [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvNm3sQwcv8&search=Mekugi]iaijutsu[/ame] And lastly, they performed nodachi tai yari kata. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m3LHFuY3J8&search=Mekugi]Nodachi Tai Yari[/ame] enjoy!
Next is some Owari Kan-ryu Owari Kan-ryu train not only in spear, but also in naginata, kamayari, Odachi and ken. Their kenjutsu comes from Yagyu Shinkage-ryu and also from Aisu Kage-ryu (Odachijutsu) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN2g-hD_dSw]Sojutsu Shiai[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dk2ylxYHUA]Kan-ryu Sojutsu kata[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpDNf4xr8dc&search=naginata]Naginatajutsu[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsfNuzJYBng]Aisu Kage-ryu Odachijutsu[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a4q61PKtAQ]Yagyu Shinkage-ryu kihon kenjutsu[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTM0qctatvk]Yagyu Shinkage-ryu kata[/ame] Apologies for bad camera work.
wow...some awsoem clips Gunyo....thanks much! I don't suppose you remember a small discussion we had a while ago on Tsutsumi Hozan Ryu, but in it (it was on a thread about the Kusarigama if i recall) I stated that Mugai and Katori Ryu were taught. Through some research into my own curriculum I have come to realise that it is from the Yoseikan Aikido that is taught at my club that the kata from these styles comes from....not the individual styles themselves. The kenjutsu component of Tsutsumi Ryu is also taught. Which means our sword classes, as you put it a while ago, is really a "mix mash of Koryu Kenjutsu"....part Tsutsumi Hozan, and part Yoseikan, which in turn is a mix of Mugai and Katori. So yea, just wanted to apologise for any mis information I gave you...I completely misunderstood your question on what was taught. Ciao
Here's a rare koryu from the Kansai (Western) area of Japan. Hoten-ryu (法典流 ) teaches kenjutsu, jojutsu, tessenjutsu, juttejutsu, shurikenjutsu and kusaribuki (Chain weapons). This short clip shows Mr.Russ Ebert (AKA: Mekugi on this forum) and Mr. Suzuki from the Sumera Budojuku demonstrating some of the kata from the Hoten-ryu chain weapons syllabus. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap-2DXJIo5U]Hoten-ryu [/ame]
Battodo & Battojutsu This isn't koryu but it was rather impressive. Two Toyama-ryu Battodo kenshi doing Kumi-iai with Shinken (Yes, live blades!) Don't try this at home, boys & girls! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sAyrQbuZjU]Toyama-ryu Kumi-iai[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFp45RqO7GQ]Toyama-ryu battodo tameshigiri[/ame] One of the offshoots of Toyama-ryu battodo is Sushin-ryu. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqGqII3ojvU]Students doing tameshigiri[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjI1Aq69HFs]The Founder of Sushin-ryu doing tameshigiri with kodachi & katana[/ame] *Waits for someone to mention the size of the Founder's chopper!*
Steve, Needless to say I found all of those clips enormously interesting and a fantastic insight to koryu, something I might otherwise have never seen so, thanks again for your time in posting them. It is interesting to see even these exceptionally skilled exponents making mistakes; it is a clear indication that we're all fallible at times. I think we (a generalistic term) are guilty of revering or maybe even idolising the Japanese for their skills and seeing the odd mistake just makes us (again another generalism) realise that everyone is capable of them. Cheers for the posts mate Regards
Dave, These clips were taken at what is called a honno embu (a demonstration for a Shinto shrine). In these embu, it's mainly about demonstrating your skills, representing your teacher and giving what ever you have to the gods/god as an offering. Sometimes mistakes happen, but the best thing to do is to just keep on at it, regardless. Reverence should never be on a general scale anyway, it should be on an individual basis. There are as many fakes in Japan as there are damn good practicioners and that's one thing that a lot of people have to realise. Being Japanese does not mean that you are automatically good at budo, especially with the youth of Japan today. (Is it me or am I turning into a curmudgeon?!?) Some more clips. These were taken by Mekugi last year. Yagyu Shingan-ryu taijutsu [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiE4bKuhuE4]Yagyu Shingan-ryu Taijutsu kata[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrTjAKE01f0]Yagyu Shingan-ryu Kogusoku Kata (Muto Dori against a kodachi)[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYLvICsSddo]Yagyu Shingan-ryu bojutsu Kihon[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I396IiQhtEM]Yagyu Shingan-ryu advanced bojutsu kata[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64hSQV9VSZw]Yagyu Shingan-ryu kihon Odachi kata (Kenjutsu)[/ame]
Nick, let me re-phrase that for you for the numpties understand you.. "Hey how come there are no numbchuks and sais twerling like in the matrix demos?" Regards
Yeah, that's what I meant. I also noticed none of those guys demonstrating in Japan were wearing red uniforms. I guess they must be too junior eh?
STEVE!!! ..STEVE!!! Get your foooking bokken mate, he's takin' the pish ! (lol) Good to see your still about Nick.
incidentally, you might like to pee yourself at this. I'm presently wiping coffee up from my desk. This is classically what happens when people haven't got a bleedin' clue Steve, sorry to threadjack what is a very informative post from you. Regards
.. Just don't sit for tooooo long dude as you'll get piles and your arms and legs will drop off just like ...
Back on topic ... now at least we can see what koryu.com means when they say: http://www.koryubooks.com/library/dskoss5.html
Nah, they were referring to mainline Jigen-ryu 示現流兵法 Look at the kodachi techniques in the clip and the long sword techniques thereafter. You'll see what Meik & Diane Skoss mean
*Crawls out from cave hermitage* Takenouchi-ryu is Japan's oldest bugei ryuha with a systemized jujutsu system. Eventhough the ryuha is famous for jujutsu, it is really a comprehensive budo system, including instruction in Kogusoku, kenjutsu, iaijutsu, bojutsu, sojutsu, naginatajutsu, shurikenjutsu, kusarigamajutsu, juttejutsu and tessenjutsu. This is the mainline of Takenouchi-ryu (Hinoshita Torite Kaizan Takenouchi-ryu jujutsu) headed by Takenouchi Toichiro sensei, demonstrating at the 44th Atsuta Jingu Kobudo Embutaikai in Nagoya on May 22nd, 2005. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHyCsmn44NY&search=Takenouchi]日下捕手開山竹内流柔術[/ame] This is the Sodenke line of Takenouchi-ryu (Takenouchi-ryu Kogusoku Koshi No Mawari) demonstrating at the Meiji Jingu Honno Kobudo Embutaikai on November 3rd, 2004. And yes, Takenouchi Tojuro sensei and Kanzaki sensei are using shinken! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOs4fuBRBBY&search=Takenouchi]竹内流小具足腰之廻[/ame] *Crawls back into cave & listens to some Johnny Cash*
