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Video Available: Nakamura Ryu Battodo
(Japanese language only) now available in the U.S. for $39.95! from http://www.dragon-tsunami.org.
The complete Nakamura Ryu system of practical swordsmanship based on the Toyama method of the Japanese Imperial Army demonstrated by its founder Taizaburo Nakamura sensei, 10th Dan. Filmed on location in Japan and never before widely available, this is a professionally produced archival record of the style from basic techniques to the advanced cutting of hard targets demonstrated by the founder. Produced as a visual learning aid, the voice over in Japanese is not a distraction for the non-Japanese students as the technical terms are universally used.
Throughout Nakamura Taizaburo's army career (1932-1945) he taught fencing, cutting, and other combatives applicable to the battlefield. A graduate of — and instructor for — the elite Toyama Military Academy, he was dispatched to many front-line and "Kirikomitai" (special attack) units in order to improve their battlefield swordsmanship. With his vast practical experience, and a hint he obtained from the foundations of Chinese calligraphy (eiji happo), Nakamura sensei officially founded Nakamura Ryu Happogiri in 1953.
Although his training was hard and crafted for actual combat, Nakamura Ryu Battodo is a sword art to be used in developing the practitioner's character through severe training.
Video Contents
- Happo no Kamae — The eight combative engagement stances
- Happogiri — The cuts in eight directions.
- Hasshu no Noto — The eight methods of resheathing the Japanese sword.
- Toyama Ryu Kata — The eight sword forms as taught at the Toyama Military Academy from 1925-1945.
- Kumitachi — Paired forms using the Japanese sword. Performed by Sato Shimeo (now hanshi 9th dan) and Suzuki Kunio (now kyoshi, 8th Dan).
- Nakamura Ryu Kata — The eight sword drills devised by Nakamura sensei, based on Toyama Ryu iaido.
- Tameshigiri — Nakamura performs multiple-target test cutting and continuous cutting. Sato and Suzuki sensei perform single cuts.
30 minutes. Japanese narration. $39.95
For more information, contact Dragon Associates at (800) 717-6288 (8am-8pm PST Mon-Sat)