The school’s practical, battle-oriented focus reflects this heritage. Though a “modern” art, Toyama Ryu has deep roots in traditional sword practice, in particular the Omori Ryu and Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu.
Many of the same individuals who went on to form the Zen Nihon Kendo Renmei style of iaido, including Nakayama Hakudo and other luminaries of the period, were members. The committee incorporated lessons from recent military conflicts as well as lessons from traditional schools of swordsmanship. It was at this time that a committee was formed to create a body of practical techniques for the then modern battlefield for the traditional Japanese sword, the katana.
It is an outgrowth of the Gunto Soho (military sword method) taught at the Toyama Rikugun Gakko (Toyama Military Academy) after 1925. About Toyama Ryu and Nakamura Ryu Toyama Ryu When he is not training, Patterson teaches philosophy as a full-time, tenured faculty member at Marygrove College. He has been training continuously in Japanese martial disciplines since 1992.
Brady Sensei’s instructor is John Viol Sensei, who studied under Nakamura Taisaburo Sensei directly, in Japan.īefore finding a home in swordsmanship Patterson also studied Shotokan karate and Yoshinkan aikido. He has been a student of the Takumakan dojo, under Rick Brady Sensei, for ten years. The principal focus of the Anshinkan Iaido program is the study of Toyama Ryu and Nakamura Ryu swordsmanship.
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