to L sword is perhaps the oldest weapon in Japan but it is certainly the most sophisticated. And for many centuries has played a prominent in training and practice of Bushi.
Most historians agree in indicating early eighth century, the birth of the so-called Nippon-To , with its own style and form. According to legend, he was the artisan craftsman Amakuni forger, the province of Yamato.
The Nippon-To is called the soul of the Bushi. It was the symbol of all that he represented and Bush if they ever separated: he lived with it and with it died. Soon he established a relationship of absolute intimacy, even more rooted to the concepts of life and death. The way Bush was faced with the need to transcend the common concepts of life and death through a new mental attitude, the O Choetsu Seishi. The sword took on a double meaning: to cut the outside what was opposed to Bush and cutting inside the 'Ego of the same Bushi, let him reach spiritual awakening.
The use of the sword gave birth to two main streams of practice, the Kenjutsu and Iaijutsu . In
Kenjutsu Attention is paid to the use of the sword once it is drawn from its sheath. In Iaijutsu goal is to achieve an effective cut in from the moment in which pulls the blade through a single movement. The evolution of Iaijustsu or Batto-jutsu, is generally attributed to Hayashizaki Shigenobu Jinsuk although he lived at the turn of the sixteenth and the seventeenth century, too late for you to reach the actual efficiency, probably iai already existed before and has grown along with Kenjutsu. Jinsuk it has been the leading innovator and raise its reputation, and dissemination.
should wait until the twentieth century because we are talking about Iaido, when the practice took on the value of a separate sport in the Budo. There were indeed some differences: Iaijutsu is preferred in the aspect of effectiveness in combat, was the first work in Iaido spiritual and moral efficacy of the individual while the work was theoretically secondary. But as pointed out in his book on Otake Risuke Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu: "Iaijutsu is the art by which to kill the enemy." Many today ignore it and ask for the beautiful movements, often empty of meaning.
The Iaido was introduced when it was discovered that the sword and the art of drawing the sword could become tools for the spiritual development of man. The concept of Tanren Seishi, or "spirit forging", stipulates that the technical methods used to achieve spiritual enlightenment and to achieve combat effectiveness may be different. But both are not mutually exclusive. The practitioner of Iaido must achieve both purposes of this martial art: to defeat the enemy and develop the spiritual path.
School Muso Shinden
The founder of the Muso Shinden Shigenobu Jinsuk Hojo was also known by the name of Jinsuk Hayashizaki Shigenobu. Little is known of him, was born in the province of Sagami (Shoshu) around the mid-sixteenth century. We do not know how good swordsman, but as was studied intensively from 1596 to 1601 and later formalized a series of techniques which gave the name of Iai Batto-jutsu. His style had several names: Junpaku Den, Hayashizaki Ryu, Shin Muso Hayashizaki Ryu, Shigenobu Ryu. The exact techniques remain obscure to us but it was agreed that in essence simple, practical and highly combative. Thanks to his influence, many other schools of Iai were born later. After his
death in about 1616, the tradition of his school Shin Muso Hayashizaki was entrusted to Tamiya Taira-no-Hyoe Narimasa which is said to be the master of Ieyasu, Hidetada and lemitsu Tokugawa (Edo Period, under the Tokugawa Shogunate - NDT). A Tamiya Narimasa succeeded:
- Nagano Murakusai Kinro, 3rd Soke;
- Momo Gumbei Mitsushige, 4 Soke;
- Arikawa Shozaemon Munetsugu, 5 Soke;
- Manno Danuemon Nobusada, 6 Soke.
The 7th Soke, Eishin Hasegawa Chikara no Suke, studied with the School Hayashizaki Nobusada, Kyoho in Edo period (1716-1735), earning a reputation as an exceptional swordsman. It is said that transformed many techniques and that he was to adopt the style in which the sword is brought Ob with the blade facing up. When he returned to the province of Tosa called this style Jikiden Eishin Ryu Muso , a name which remained until today.
The 8th Soke was Seitatsu Arai. The 9th was
Hayashi Rokudayu Morimasa who studied with the Eishin Ryu Arai Seitatsu and Shinkage with Omori Ryu Rokuro Saemon Masamitsu, who had perfected a style of sitting (Zashiki) which was later built in the style Jikiden Eishin Ryu Muso and is now known as Shoden Omori Ryu. Dop
the 11th Soke, there was a division line and the line Shimomura Tanimura. Hakudo Nakayama Sensei 16 Soke line Shimomura, then studied Eishin Ryu Muso Jikiden both Hosokawa Yoshimasa, 15 Soke Shimomura, both with Tokuma Morimoto, 17th Soke of the line Tanimura. In 1933, then adopted the name of Muso Shinden Ryu Batto-Jutsu for his school which grew steadily thanks to the devotion to his students.
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