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Katori Shinto Ryu Shinbukan Dojo Naginata jutsu Demonstration during the 2017 Meiji Jingu Reisai Kobudo Demonstration, at the Meiji Jingu Shrine.
Representative (20th soke): Izasa Yasusada
Video presented in collaboration with the organizer, the Nihon Kobudo Shinkokai:
-- Official presentation by the Kobudo association --
Founded by Iizasa Choisai Ienao, a famous spearman and swordsman, in the 15th century, it is one of the oldest Japanese martial arts. The current headmaster is for reasons of health not teaching and replaced by the mainly representative instructor Nobutoshi Otake
What is particular in this sword school and visible in the movements and postures of the duelists, is that the techniques are have developed with and for Samurai wearing the so called Yoroi, (armor), weighing around 35 kg, standing on uneven ground. This slows down and restricts the movement greatly and the attacking areas inc