Sekiguchi Ryu Iaijutsu Heiho Niten Ichi Ryu - Yonehara Kameo - Meiji Jingu Kobudo Demonstration 2018

School: Sekiguchi Ryū Iaijutsu Heihō Niten Ichi Ryū
Event: Meiji Jingu Kobudo Demonstration 2018
Date: 03/11/2018
Venue: Meiji Jingu, Nishisando Shibachi
Representative: Yonehara Kameo (Sōke 15th generation)

-- PRESENTATION: SEKIGUCHI RYŪ IAIJUTSU HEIHŌ NITEN ICHI RYŪ --
Sekiguchi Ryū Iaijutsu was founded by Sekiguchi Hachirōzaemon Ujinari. During the Genroku Period (1688-1704), Izawa Nagahide, a retainer of the Kumamoto Domain in the Higo Province, spread Sekiguchi’s style to the extent that it became eventually known as Higo Ryū Iai.
It is also said that many retainers of the Hosokawa Clan in Higo used to compete against each other pitting the Sekiguchi Ryū techniques against those from Miyamoto Musashi’s Niten Ichi Ryū.
The 14th Headmaster of Sekiguchi Ryū, Aoki Kikuo also studied under Santō Kiyotake, himself a renown master of the Niten Ichi Ryū. He passed down the teachings of both schools for many years during the first half of the 20th century. His lineage continues to this day.

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