Becoming shindo muso ryu

The Old Secrets of Shindō Musō Ryū The koryū martial arts of Japan–arts that were established prior to the Meiji Restoration of 1868– seem to be surrounded with mystery,...

This video shows a practice I call “the sticking game.” It is designed to give the jo player experience in “feeling” what the sword is doing. We use kuritsuke,...

It would be impossible to exaggerate the importance of Shimizu Takaji Sensei in popularizing Shindo Muso ryu.  The essence of his story is that he receives Menkyo kaiden in...

https://youtu.be/lBDsLZXR_6Y Cut a video with Darin Cox (uchidachi) of the Portland group showing the first five kata of our kenjutsu. This is the style of shidachi that Kaminoda Sensei...

My art, Shindō Musō ryū, is a koryū Japanese martial art.  “Koryū” is a term used to indicate a martial school established before the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868.1  As a...