Omori ryu
Ōmori-Ryū (大 森 流: お お も り り ゅ う) (= the school after Master Ōmori) is a relatively new Iaidō style among the old schools ( koryū ) of Japanese martial arts . This style was developed by Ōmori Masamitsu Rokurozaemon in the early 18th century . What is special about this school is that the sword forms (kata) are no longer practiced from the traditional Iai-hiza of the samurai, but for the first time from the seiza (kneeling position), as it is also known in Zen .
The forms (kata) of Ōmori-ryū
Today Ōmori-ryū is mostly taught as part of the schools Musō Jikiden Eishin ryū and Musō Shinden-ryū . Both schools have integrated the forms (= kata) as shoden (= beginning level) into their teaching system.
Musō Jikiden Eishin-Ryū:
- Mae (forward)
- Migi (from right)
- Hidari (from left)
- Ushiro (backwards)
- Yaegaki (eight-fold fence)
- Ukenagashi (receiving and defending fluently)
- Kaishaku (Second at Seppuku)
- Tsukekomi (persecution)
- Tsukikage (moonlight)
- Oikaze (tail wind)
- Nukiuchi (pull and hit)
Musō Shinden-ryū
- Shohatto
- Satō (left sword)
- Utō (right sword)
- Ataritō (hit sword)
- Inyō (= ying-yang) -shintai
- Ryūtō (dragon sword / flowing sword)
- Juntō
- Gyakutō (opposite sword)
- Seichūtō
- Korantō
- Nukiuchi (pull and hit)
- Inyō (= ying-yang) -shintai kaewaza
Despite different names, both lists are basically the same forms, even if they are stylistically executed differently in the two schools. Nakayama Hakudō , who rearranged the tradition of Musō Shinden-Ryū, added Inyō-shintai kaewaza as the 12th form . The shape can also be viewed as a variant of Yaegaki / Inyōshintai .
Ōmori-ryū as a single school
Today Ōmori-ryū is taught sporadically. Nobuyuki Watanabe teaches a certain form of Ōmori-ryū, with which he explains the basics of Aikidō .
credentials
- ↑ An interesting example (video clip) of the Iaidō-kata by Musō Shinden-Ryū can be found under the following link: Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
