Battōjutsu
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| Focus | Weaponry |
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| Hardness | Non-competitive |
| Country of origin |  Japan |
| Creator | - |
| Parenthood | Kenjutsu (Sword craft) To-ho (Sword method) |
| Olympic sport | No |
Battōjutsu (抜刀術, battō-jutsu) ("the craft of drawing out the sword") is an old term for iaijutsu. Battōjutsu is often used interchangeably with the terms iaijutsu and battō.[1]
Generally, battōjutsu is practised as a part of a classical ryū and is closely integrated with the tradition of kenjutsu and is practised with the live-blade, katana, often as simply the sole kata.[1] The training is for combative effectiveness,[2] through factors such as distancing, timing and targeting. As such, battōjutsu is not intended for sport-like or "spiritual" purposes as are modern budo like iaido and kendo.[3]
List of schools
Old school:
- Shinmei Muso Ryu Battōjutsu(神明夢想流 抜刀術), founded by Hayashizaki Jinsuke (Minamoto no) Shigenobu(林崎甚助源の重信)(c. 1542-1621)
- Sekiguchi Ryu Battōjutsu(関口流抜刀術), founded by Sekiguchi Ujinari (1636-1716)
Modern schools developed after the beginning of the Meiji era:
- Toyama-ryū(戸山流), founded in 1925 at Japanese Army Toyama school(陸軍戸山学校). The founder is not a specific person. First, light colonel Morinaga Kiyoshi(森永清 中佐) selected 5 kata produced by Nakayama Hakudo(中山博道) arranged tachi-iai. He did not reached this technique for all the Japanese Army. In 1940, Mochida Seiji(持田盛二) and Saimura Goro (斎村吾郎) added and revised the kata. In November, the textbook of Toyama-ryu is distribute widely in the Japanese Army.In 1942, Added running slash type kata for cavalry charge for the war.
- Nakamura-ryū中村流, founded Nakamura Taizaburō(中村泰三郎) in the mid-20th century, who had previously taught Toyama-ryū[4]
- Zen Nihon Batto Do Renmei or ZNBDR was created in 2001 under Sazemon Sakaida which practice 5 Shoden Seitei and 8 Chuden Seitei Kata.
References
- ^ a b Armstrong, Hunter B. (1995) "The Koryu Bujutsu Experience" in Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan (ed. Diane Skoss). Koryu Books. Page 32. ISBN 1-890536-04-0
- ^ Armstrong, Hunter B. (1995) "The Koryu Bujutsu Experience" in Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan (ed. Diane Skoss). Koryu Books. Page 33. ISBN 1-890536-04-0
- ^ Armstrong, Hunter B. (1995) "The Koryu Bujutsu Experience" in Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan (ed. Diane Skoss). Koryu Books. Page 31. ISBN 1-890536-04-0
- ^ Draeger, Donn F. (1974) Modern Bujutsu & Budo: The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan (Vol. III). New York: Weatherhill. Page 67. ISBN 0-8348-0351-8
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