HYOHO NITEN ICHI RYU 2013 Okayama Prefecture Kobudo Embu
兵法 二天 一流
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Wiki:
Hyohō Niten Ichi-ryū (兵法 二天 一流), which can be loosely translated as "the school of the strategy of two heavens as one", is a koryū (ancient school), transmitting a style of classical Japanese swordsmanship conceived by Miyamoto Musashi. Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū is mainly known for the two-sword—katana and wakizashi—kenjutsu techniques Musashi called Niten Ichi (二天一, "two heavens as one") or Nitō Ichi (二刀一, "two swords as one").
Origin
Musashi originally studied Enmei Ryū and Tōri Ryū, which were ryūha founded by his grandfather Miyamoto Musashi no Kami Yoshimoto and his father Miyamoto Muninosuke respectively. Musashi eventually focused in the kenjutsu and nitōken and developed his own style.
Around 1640, Musashi intended to pass on his art to three successors from among his thousand students; specifically, to Terao Magonojo, his younger brother Kyumanosuke and to Furuhashi Sozaemon. He considered Magonojo to excel in technique but to lack in reflection, while Furuhashi excelled at reflection but lacked technique. Magonojo received the treatise, the Go Rin no Sho. Hosokawa Mitsuhisa made two copies—one for Furuhashi and one for himself, which he transmitted under the name of Ihon go rin no sho. The best known edition today is this Hosokawa copy. Kyumanosuke was a well known warrior and student of Musashi's at the time. Before becoming leader of the school, he fought in the Shimabara Rebellion in 1638. His service there earned him gold and a robe from the Tokugawa shogunate.
Magonojo died in 1645 and yielded the role of successor to his younger brother Kyumanosuke who had received the Hyoho San-jugo from Musashi. It was Kyumanosuke who transmitted this document to his students with seven added instructions called the Hyoho shiji ni kajo.
Shortly before his death, Musashi also wrote the Dokkodo ("Going My Way"). It seems to be a list of rules that one should try to follow in life steeped in Buddhist precepts.
Kata:
1) Tachi Seiho (太刀勢法) Twelve techniques with long sword:
指先 Sassen
八相左 Hasso Hidari
八相右 Hasso Migi
受流左 Uke Nagashi Hidari
受流右 Uke Nagashi Migi
捩構 Moji Gamae
張付 Haritsuke
流打 Nagashi Uchi
虎振 Tora Buri
数喜 Kazuki
合先打留 Aisen Uchidome
余打 (アマシ打) Amashi Uchi
2) Kodachi Seiho (小太刀勢法) Seven techniques with a short sword:
指先 Sassen
中段 Chudan
受流 Uke Nagashi
捩構 Moji Gamae
張付 Haritsuke
流打 Nagashi Uchi
合先 Aisen
3) Nito Seiho (二刀勢法) Five techniques with two swords corresponding to the five forms in the Water Scroll:
中段 Chudan
上段 Jodan
下段 Gedan
左脇構 Hidari Waki Gamae
右脇構 Migi Waki Gamae
4) Bōjutsu—Twenty techniques with a long staff bō(including techniques Bō Vs Bō and Bō Vs sword).
5) Aikuchi roppo, both.
6) Jitte to jutsu—Five techniques against a sword
