Is a school that teaches Samurai fighting arts, and was founded around the year 1580 by an Imperial Guard.
稽古-Practice
Enshin Ryu’s curriculum is vast, beginning with Iaijutsu (sword drawing) and Yawara (Basic Jujutsu), advancing to Kumi Uchi (grappling) and Kenjutsu (swordsmanship), and culminating in the refined art of Kumiuchi Kenden where the tachi and long odachi swords are combined with kumi uchi in irregular ways.
Enshin Ryu is also one of the last Koryu schools in Japan that teaches Odachi techniques (Swords with blades over 90cm long are called Odachi) .
歴史-History
Inugami Sakon Shogen Nagakatsu studied grappling (kumi uchi) from a fellow Imperial Guard, Hayami Nagato no Kami Enshin, and by combining it with his family’s sword tradition, he created Kumiuchi Kenden. This system continued to be transmitted and further developed within his family line.
Through his descendants it gave birth to the famous Kyushin and Kyushin Ichi-Ryu schools, which some of it’s Jujutsu techniques were incorporated into modern Judo.
In the Edo period, this system reached the Kobashi family of Sanuki (today’s Kagawa Prefecture, Shikoku) where it went through a reform process that incorporated knowledge from various other old schools into the ancient Enshin Ryu.
Enshin Ryu’s Lineage Keizu
Inugami Sakon Shōgen Nagakatsu
犬上左近将監永勝
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Inugami Kyūshinsai Nagatomo
犬上扱心斎永友
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Itō Sukebei Shigekatsu
伊藤助兵衛重勝
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Itō Shirōbei Munemasa / Ii Munemasa
伊藤四郎兵衛宗正／井伊宗正
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Tanahashi Gobei Yoshisada
棚橋五兵衛義定
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Inugami Gunbei Nagayasu
犬上郡兵衛永保
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Unknown one or two generations in the Yoshida family
吉田家における一、二代不明
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Kobashi Shōbei Masahira
小橋庄兵衛正平
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Fujimoto Ringorō
藤本林五郎
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Kobashi Nikkan Masanori
小橋日感正則
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Tanaka Fumon
田中普門
アコカ東門 – Akoka Tomon
Akoka Tomon is a Menkyo Kaiden Shihan of Enshin Ryū. He trained under Soke Tanaka Fumon for twenty years and received direct full transmission of the school’s teachings, including the ancient part of Enshin Ryū (Koden Enshin Ryu).
His goal is to faithfully preserve and transmit Enshin Ryū, keeping the teachings alive through practice, research, and clear instruction.
lives and teaches in Japan.
Contact
Training is held in Tokushima, Japan
For details: info@enshinryu.com