This is the foundation of a comprehensive study of swordsmanship. All five aspects have some relation to the other rings. In Shinkendo, these five aspects of swordsmanship, Suburi, Battoho, Tanrengata, Tachiuchi, and Tameshigiri are like five interlocking rings. True, deep study of Japanese Swordsmanship must involve many interlocking concepts. Only Shinkendo involves study of each of these important aspects of swordsmanship. There are many types of schools where one can study one aspect or another of Japanese Swordsmanship. This is the way Japanese swordsmanship was originally studied.
Shinkendo is a modern art, and as such it is able to break down the walls between the different Ryuha and reincorporate their teachings into one comprehensive form. The real way of the sword, however, is one that must combine the important aspects of every style. Therefore, the different Ryuha cannot merge and combine as one, and it is important to “protect” each style and preserve its original form by keeping them separate. To change an ideal or technique while under the name of a Ryuha is disrespectful and disloyal to the original founder and Ryuha. The people that teach the style have a duty of not changing techniques, training methods, and ideals. In the recent 150 years, these styles have subdivided even further.Įach Ryuha has its own history.
This eventually led to the split of different styles, leaving categories of styles such as Kenjutsu, Iaijutsu, Battojutsu.
Different instructors had different training methods, ideas, and different styles of fighting. As the Japanese society became more peaceful, many people started to pursue a profession of teaching Budo, and many Ryuha were created by incorporating ideas from the battlefields. The schools (Ryuha) that the Samurai trained in have a history of 600 years. The history of the hei (army) is very long, but the history of the Samurai or Bushi started 1000 years ago. This page is intended to provide basic information about the history of this great art, and how it can best be studied today through Shinkendo, the Way of the Real Sword. Many people do not know where to look, or even what to look for, when considering instruction in Japanese Swordsmanship. Study of Japanese Swordsmanship has become very popular in the twenty-first century, but qualified schools and instructors are rare.
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