Jigen-ryū
A swordsmanship school emphasizing the decisive first strike.
Jigen-ryū is a 16th-century Japanese swordsmanship school from Satsuma Province, now Kagoshima. It prioritizes the first strike, holding that a second blow is unnecessary. Practitioners wield the sword in a high stance above the right shoulder, charging forward with a diagonal neck cut and a loud kiai.
Quick Facts
- Nationality
- Traditional Japanese martial art
- School
- Jigen-ryū (示現流)
- Founder
- Tōgō Shigekata; 東郷 重位
- Founder dates
- 1561-1643
- Period founded
- late 16th century
- Headmaster
- Tōgō Shigenori; 東郷重徳
- Headmaster dates
- 12th generation
- Ancestors
- Tenshinsho Jigen Ryu; Taisha Ryu
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