Suio Ryu Iai Kempo - Katsuse Yoshimitsu - Meiji Jingu Kobudo Demonstration 2019

Subscribe to our channel: School: Suiō Ryū Iai Kenpō - Masaki Ryū Kusarigama-jutsu Event: Meiji Jingu Kobudo Demonstration 2019 Date: 03/11/2019 Venue: Meiji Jingu, Nishisando Shibachi Founder: Mima Yoichizaemon Kagenobu, Masaki Toshimitsu Current representative: Katsuse Yoshimitsu (Suiō Ryū Sōke 15th generation, Masaki Ryū Sōke 12th generation) -- PRESENTATION: SUIŌ RYŪ IAI KENPŌ - MASAKI RYŪ KUSARIGAMA-JUTSU -- Suiō Ryū Iai Kenpō started with Mima Yoichizaemon Kagenobu in a country in war. Born in 1577 in the province of Dewa (present prefecture of Yamagata and Akita), he learned the handling of weapons with his father from childhood and swore an oath to restore that style. During the day, he was training Battō Gekiken sword techniques in front of a sacred tree, and during the night he was meditating in a temple, completely devoted to his task. While he was doing his day to day study, one night, during his meditation at the temple, he saw the shape of a white seagull floating on the water (“Suiō”) and suddenly had a revelation that led him finally to the illumination. This school of martial techniques includes Iai as well as sword fighting techniques, Wakizashi, Naginata, Jō, with the traditional armor. Even after his revelation, he traveled the country to perfect his art. Besides his martial skills, he did not neglect his spiritual study of Shintō. Even when he was fighting against other sword fighters from all places, he was not seeking to win vainly, but on the contrary, he was always trying to give them the opportunity of victory by expressing “Aiuchi”, the simultaneous strike. The ninth representative of the school, Fukuhara Shinzaemon, added techniques from the Kusarigama school of Masaki Ryū. In 1665, after Kagenobu’s passing, one of his children, Mima Yohachirō Kagenaga, inherited the style. Nowadays, the 15th Sōke Katsuse Yoshimitsu Sensei continues this heritage. --- CREDITS --- Footage by Seido Co., Ltd. (en) (jp) (fr) (en) --- MUSIC --- 風雲の時 by おとわび () #SuioRyu #BudoStudies #KobudoDemonstration