Shinkage Ryu Hyoho DVD by Tadashige Watanabe

Shinkage-ryu: A Representative School of Japanese Martial Arts Founded by Sword Saint Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Nobutsuna during the Sengoku Period

Shinkage-ryu, established by the sword saint Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Nobutsuna during the Sengoku period, is renowned for influencing almost all subsequent martial arts schools in Japan. Continuing the legacy as the head of the Shinkage-ryu Heiho Tenshukai (Marobashi-kai), Watanabe Tadashige introduces the teachings, techniques, principles, and cultural aspects of Shinkage-ryu.

Contents:

Etiquette

• The Art of Bowing

Shitto-ho (執刀法): The Art of Holding the Katana

Marobashi (転 or まろばし)

• Marobashi, a fundamental exercise in Shinkage-ryu

Variations of Use According to the Training Process

Enpi-no-maki (燕飛之巻)

• Techniques and strategies of Enpi (Swallow Flight)

Ken and Taijutsu (剣と体術)

• Integration of sword techniques with unarmed combat in Shinkage-ryu

Characteristic Tachi Techniques of Shinkage-ryu

Setsunin-to (Death-Giving Sword) / Katsunin-to (Life-Giving Sword)

• Philosophical and practical teachings on the swords used for taking life and preserving it

Honden (Main Transmission) and Naiden (Inner Transmission)

Interview

• Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Nobutsuna and his era
• The Yagyu clan and Shinkage-ryu
• Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Nobutsuna's concepts of "In" and "Kage"
• Kamiizumi Ise-no-Kami Nobutsuna and Tsukahara Bokuden, Aisu Ikko-sai
• About Master Nagaoka Momoyama
• Weapons in Shinkage-ryu
• Inheritance of Shinkage-ryu
• Edo Yagyu and Owari Yagyu
• The concept of training
• Teachings of ancient Setsunin-to and Katsunin-to

Featuring:

Watanabe Tadashige (渡辺忠成) Born in 1941 (Showa 16) in Tokyo, Watanabe Tadashige began training under his father, Tadatoshi Watanabe, in 1948. In January 1969, he established the "Shinkage-ryu Heiho Tenshukai" to promote and commemorate the spreading of Shinkage-ryu. Active not only throughout Japan but also in countries such as the United States, Russia, and Poland, he inherited the lineage of Shinkage-ryu in 1972, becoming the 22nd generation head of Shinkage-ryu Heiho.

Language: Japanese with English subtitles

Run time: 95 min.

SPD-7518