Hontai Yōshin-ryū

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Hontai Yōshin-ryū ( Japanese 本體 楊 心 流 ) is a traditional Japanese martial arts school, which was founded in 1660 by Takagi Shigetoshi. This martial art was especially dominant in the Edo period and active in the area of ​​the fiefdoms ( han ) Himeji and Akō .

Hontai Yōshin-ryū teaches unarmed techniques and various techniques with weapons such as Bō , Hanbō and Ken . The bojutsu and short sword techniques ( wakizashi ) come from the Kukishin-ryū ( Japanese 九 鬼神 流 ). This school was trained for generations together with Hontai Yōshin-ryū and was passed on from the 17th Grand Master ( Sōke ) Minaki Saburō to Kyodo Matsuda. After only one day, the school passed this on to Fumon Tanaka, who was the 19th sōke of the Kukishin-ryū. The techniques of Kukishin-ryū continue to be trained within the Hontai Yōshin-ryū. The Kukishin-ryū is also sometimes referred to as Minaki-den Kukishin-ryu .

The current sōke is Inoue Kyoichi Munenori, the successor to his father Inoue Tsuyoshi Munetoshi. The appointment was on January 16, 2005. The style Hontai Yōshin-ryū is a founding member of the Japanese Association of Traditional Martial Arts Nihon Kobudō Kyokai , which promotes and spreads the Koryū schools.

A branch school is the Motoha Yōshin Ryū.

Worldwide distribution

Outside of Japan there are some official Hontai Yoshin-ryu schools. There are regular seminars with teachers from Japan, and many of the Western students also train regularly in Japan. In the Hontai Yoshin-ryū, the values ​​and traditions are very important and not the commercial aspects or the marketing of the style.

family tree

The order of the sokes of the Hontai Yōshin-ryū (the proper names are given in the form "surname, first name, proper name"):

  1. Takagi Setsuemon / Oriemon Shigetoshi ( 高木 折 右衛門 重 俊 ; 1625 or 1635–1711)
  2. Takagi Umanosuke Shigesada ( 高 木馬 之 輔 重 貞 )
  3. Takagi Gennoshin Hideshige ( 高木 源 之 進 英 重 )
  4. Ōkuni Kihei Shigenobu ( 大 国 鬼 平 重 信 )
  5. Ōkuni Hachikurō Nobutoshi ( 大 国 八九 郎 信 俊 )
  6. Ōkuni Tarōdaibu Tadanobu ( 大 国 太郎 太 夫 忠信 )
  7. Ōkuni Kihyōe Yoshisada ( 大 国 鬼 兵衛 良 定 )
  8. Ōkuni Yozaemon Yoshisada ( 大 国 与 左衛 門 良 貞 )
  9. Nakayama Jinnai Sadahide ( 中山 甚 内定 秀 )
  10. Ōhkuni Buemon Hidenobu ( 大 国 武 右衛門 英 信 )
  11. Nakayama Kizaemon Sadataka ( 中山 嘉 左衛 門 定 賢 )
  12. Ōkuni Kenji Hideshige ( 大 国 鎌 治 英俊 )
  13. Yagi Ikugorō Hisayoshi ( 八 木 幾 五郎 久 喜 )
  14. Ishiya Takeo Masatsugu ( 石谷武 甥 正 次 )
  15. Ishiya Matsutarō Masaharu ( 石谷松 太郎 )
  16. Kakuno Happeita Masayoshi ( 角 野 八 平 太 ; 1875–1939)
  17. Minaki Saburō Masanori ( 皆 木 三郎 虚 舟 ; 1906–1993)
  18. Inoue Tsuyoshi Munetoshi ( 井上 剛 宗 俊 ; 1925–2014)
  19. Inoue Kyōichi Munenori ( 井上 恭 一 宗教 ; born 1949)

literature

  • Diane Skoss: Koryu Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan.
  • Stelvio Sciutto: Hontai Yoshin Ryu. 2005 (Italian)

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