The Yoshioka School ( descended from either the Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū or the Kyo-hachi-ryū ) was the foremost of the eight major schools of martial arts in Kyoto, the " Kyo-ryū " / " Schools of Kyoto ".

However, around a century before his birth, the dynamic art of iaijutsu had been developed by Iizasa Ienao, the founder of the Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū.

The Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū ( 天真正伝香取神道流 ) included iaijutsu in its curriculum in the 15th century.

Other styles that incorporate sword drawing in their curriculum are, for example, Motobu Udundi from Okinawa, Shindō Munen-ryū, Shinkage-ryū, Hōki-ryū, Tatsumi-ryū, Tamiya-ryū, Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū, Takenouchi-ryū, Eishin-ryū and more.

Hayashizaki Jinsuke Shigenobu ( c. 1546 – c. 1621 ), the founder of the Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū and Musō Shinden-ryū schools, is generally credited with the invention of iaijutsu, but this is contrary to the account of Iizasa Chōisai Ienao ( c. 1387 – c. 1488 ), who devised a system of drawing the sword and founded the Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū 100 years earlier.

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Both Tenshin Shōden Katori Shinto-ryū were founded in the early Muromachi period ( ca.

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The art of wielding the shuriken is known as shurikenjutsu, and was mainly taught as a minor part of the martial arts curriculum of many famous schools, such as Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū, Ittō-ryū, Kukishin-ryū and Togakure-ryū.

The Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū was founded by Iizasa Ienao, born 1387 in Iizasa village ( present day Takomachi, Chiba Prefecture ), who was living near Katori Shrine ( Sawara City, Chiba Prefecture ) at the time.

He called his swordsmanship style derived from this miraculous dream the Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū, the " Heavenly True, Correctly Transmitted Style of the Way of the God of Katori ".

Iizasa's Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū, thus presumably linked to the sacred tradition of both Katori and Kashima Shrines, was transmitted through his own family.

Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū is the source tradition of many Japanese martial arts.

Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū was popularised in the west by the extensive research and writings of late Donn F. Draeger ( 1922 – 1982 ).

The uniqueness of Iizasa's Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū is still evident today, in some of the modern variants of the school, in the particular aspects of weapon-wielding, posture, stance, and foot and body movements which make allowance for the fact that the bushi ( classical samurai warriors ) of his era would be wearing ' yoroi ' ( armour ) weighing around 35 kg, and fighting on uneven terrain.

Other senior instructors presently teaching Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū internationally include:

The Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū is a comprehensive martial system.

For example, Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū was solely supported by donations from local landed bushi and was never attached to a specific domain.

was the founder of Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū which is a traditional ( koryū ) Japanese martial art.

When his home town was destroyed he began wandering the land until he settled down near the Katori Shrine and founded the Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū in c. 1447.

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: A note on the organization of this article ; it would be impossible to discuss Japanese martial arts in terms of the thousands of individual schools or styles, such as Ittō-ryū, Daitō-ryū, or Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū.

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* According to Ryūs own sources, Iizasa Ienao founds Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu, the earliest historically verifiable Japanese koryū martial art that is still extant today.

Although associated with considerably smaller numbers of practitioners, a number of " koryu bujutsu " systems ( old school martial arts ) which include older and more combative forms of naginatajutsu remain existent, including Suio Ryu, Araki Ryu, Tendo Ryu, Jikishinkage ryu, Higo Koryu, Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu, Toda-ha Buko Ryu and Yoshin ryu, some of which have authorized representatives outside Japan.

Many koryū ryūha, such as the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu, include naginatajutsu in their curriculum, as do some umbrella budo organisations, such as the Bujinkan.

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When Katagiri left, Tenshin Reb Anderson assumed Abbotship of the Zen Center — serving until 1995.

The Kuki family maintains the family line, which is called " Kukishinden Tenshin Hyoho ", led by Eichoku Takatsuka under the supervision of the current 28th Soke, Ietaka Kuki.

This area is famous for Rokkakudo, a six sided red house built by Tenshin Okakura.

The Kashima Shintō-ryū school of martial art was developed by him and is said to be derived from a combination of his own experiences as a shugyōsha during Musha shugyō ( 武者修行 Musha-shugyō ) and the Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū ( 天真正伝香取神道流 Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū ).

In 1889, Taikan enrolled in the first graduating class of the Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō ( the predecessor to the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music ), which had just been opened by Okakura Kakuzō ( aka Okakura Tenshin ).

Because his teacher Okakura Tenshin was a nationalist ( known as a loyal philosopher in the Meiji era as well ), Taikan was very much influenced by his thoughts.

In Steven Seagal's Tenshin Aikido Federation ( affiliated with the Aikikai ), their randori is different from Aikikai.

Since it appears that Shūzō's mother, Hatsu, was already pregnant when she fell in love with Okakura Kakuzō ( 岡倉 覚三 ), otherwise known as Okakura Tenshin ( 岡倉 天心 ), a protégé of her husband's ( a notable patron of the arts ), the rumour that Okakura was Kuki's father would appear to be groundless.

( also known as 岡倉 天心 Okakura Tenshin ) was a Japanese scholar who contributed to the development of arts in Japan.

Another Asia: Rabindranath Tagore and Okakura Tenshin.

Japanese Painting and National Identity: Okakura Tenshin and His Circle.

The still extant Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū claims to be the first school to include sōjutsu in its formal curriculum, and another very well known school of sōjutsu is the Hōzōin-ryū.

He was the first non-Japanese practitioner of Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū, achieving instructor status ( kyoshi menkyo ) in that system.

All students study and are tested on an augmented Bujinkan syllabus and martial arts theory in addition to Judo, BJJ, Muay Thai and weapon katas from Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū.