TENSHIN SHODEN KATORI SHINTO RYU
Come and meet a traditional Japanese school of swordsmanship: the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu, the only school recognized as "intangible cultural heritage" by the Japanese Ministry of Culture.
TENSHIN SHODEN KATORI SHINTO RYU
Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu was created during the Muromachi era of the Sengoku Jidai by a genius samurai, Iizasa Choisai Ienao. After a long period of combat and battle, from which he always emerged victorious, he decided to undertake a thousand-day asceticism near the Katori Shinto Shrine. At the end of this asceticism, he had a vision of Futsu Nushi No Mikoto, who, in the form of a young child, handed him the Heiho Shinsho strategy treatise and a prediction: "He would become the great instructor of all fencers under the Sun".
Instructor Jean-Paul Blond has been practicing Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu since 1984 and teaching it since 2006.
The title of Shidosha (guide) issued by the school's representative in Japan gives official authorization to teach the school's disciplines.
Jean-Paul Blond received this instructor rank in 2006 from Otake Risuke Shihan.
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The association presents the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu school in a variety of ways:
- Demonstration of iaijutsu and kenjutsu's kata.
- Demonstration of other weapons kata by advanced students (bojutsu, naginatajutsu, ryotojutsu).
- Photos and video presentations of the school.
- Introductory courses
- Presentation of the world of saber and Japanese Koryu.
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