Toyamaryu Iai-Batto Do Renmei (TIBDR) and Zen Nihon Batto Do Renmei (ZNBDR)

 

Toyamaryu Iaido is based on the Gunto Soho, a consolidated, improved, and officially adopted katana swordsmanship of the Toyama Military Academy of the Imperial Japanese Army. After World War II, it was referred to as ‘Toyamaryu’ and established as traditional Japanese swordsmanship of Iaido, and it continues to pursue the height of the art and be modified today. Since the process of consolidation, improvement, and establishment of the Gunto Soho took approximately twenty years, from the Taisho period till the end of World War II, and several sword masters from different schools were involved in its development by stages, Toyamaryu is not attributed to a single founder. The Treaty of Peace with Japan (San Francisco Peace Treaty) was signed in 1951 and came into force in 1952. As Japan regained its independence and the martial arts ban was lifted, Morinaga Kiyoshi, the former director of sword fighting at the Toyama Military Academy, Yamaguchi Yuki, Nakamura Taizaburo, and others started to call the swordsmanship based on Gunto Soho ‘Toyamaryu’, disseminating it all over Japan. The present Toyamaryu at KYOKUSANKAI is a part of a flow that was started as ‘Toyamaryu Shinko-kai’, established by Tokutomi Tasaburo and Nakamura Taizaburo who used to teach Gunto Soho in the army. Over the course of time, ‘Toyamaryu Shinko-kai’ was renamed and spread to many organizations carrying Toyamaryu Iaido.

‘Zen-Nihon Batto-Do Renmei(ZNBDR)’ was established in 1977 by the organization sympathizer driving Toyamaryu in order to create a space to intermingle with other Iai-do and Batto-do Ryu-ha.

In July 2016, ‘Toyamaryu Iai-Batto Do Renmei(TIBDR)’ has established. Therefore KYOKUSANKAI would support the new organization and further deploy Toyamaryu activities throughout the world as a new endeavor.

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旭燦会は、戸山流居合抜刀道連盟®及び全日本抜刀道連盟®の活動を中心と致しておりますが、居合・抜刀道、各流派の様々な優れた理念を尊重し、又、それらの活動にも大いに関心を持って居ります。各流派の方々とのさらなる交流も我々の今後の重要な活動に加えて参りたいと存じます。宜しくご協力をお願い申しあげます。

 

     　　Although KYOKUSANKAI mainly works TIBDR and ZNBDR activities, we have been respecting each of 　

　　 the ideas/concepts of Iai-do, Batto-do, and its Ryu-ha. Therefore, we would like to create further a relationship with 

​         other Ryu-ha as our essential activities. We would appreciate your further corporation and suggestion.

 

 

 

 

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