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**cholleyhomeob** · 04-17-2006, 07:20 PM

Shinkage-ryu is a koryu, old school, bugei, samurai fighting art. It focused on a number of weapons, the long and short swords, spear and halberd techniques, as well, If I remember correctly, yawara or taijutsu techniques, what would eventually be called jujutsu.

The shinkage-ryu is primarily attributed to Kamiizumi Nobatsuna (If I've misspelled the name, I deeply apologize) and was later expanded by the Yagyu family into the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu. I'm pretty certain that both strains of the ryu are still in practice today.

Dave Lowry, the modern martial Way writer is a student of the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu.

04-17-2006, 07:20 PM	#3
cholleyhomeob Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 543 Senior Member	Shinkage-ryu is a koryu, old school, bugei, samurai fighting art. It focused on a number of weapons, the long and short swords, spear and halberd techniques, as well, If I remember correctly, yawara or taijutsu techniques, what would eventually be called jujutsu. The shinkage-ryu is primarily attributed to Kamiizumi Nobatsuna (If I've misspelled the name, I deeply apologize) and was later expanded by the Yagyu family into the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu. I'm pretty certain that both strains of the ryu are still in practice today. Dave Lowry, the modern martial Way writer is a student of the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu.
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