Disciplines

Battodo - 抜刀道

Battodo (抜刀道) is the way or rather the complex art of cutting with a real Japanese sword or Katana. It is a very technical, complete and authentic discipline, in addition to its highly philosophical and traditional side.

Tenshin Ryu Battodo (天臣流抜刀道) practice starts for two with a wooden training sword, in the form of Kata or Kata-Geiko, then real cut exercises alone or in pairs, seated on the knees or Seiza, seated cross-legged or Tate-Hiza and finally standing in Tachi-Waza. The cuts can also be made on the spot or on the move, with one or two swords, usually a large and a small one.

Iaido - 居合道 / 夢想神伝流

Iaido (居合道) is the way of drawing the sword and responding to an attack. The way of the sword, a true art of living where the sword is no more than an extension of oneself, also teaches courtesy and, although practiced alone, respect for the other.

Musō Shinden-ryū (夢想神伝流) is a style of Iaido founded by Nakayama Hakudō and emerging from Hasegawa Eishin-ryū (長谷川英信流), which in turn developed from Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū (無双直伝英信流) during the Edo period in Japan.

Jodo - 杖道

Jodo (杖道) is the way of the Jo (a wooden staff 1.28 metres long and 2.4 centimetres in diameter) and is practiced as Kihon and Kata.

Twelve Kata have been codified by the Japanese Kendo Federation, or Zen Nihon Kendo Renmei (Z.N.K.R or 全日本剣道連盟), on the basis of the famous Shindō Musō-ryū (神道夢想流) Jojutsu school, founded by Musō Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi, and are practiced throughout the world.

Kendo - 剣道

Kendo (剣道) or the way of Japanese fencing is a martial art that consists of using a split bamboo sword (Shinai) representing the traditional Japanese sword (Katana) in a natural, rational, almost scientific and safe way.

Kendo is above all a martial art or Budo. Through practice and training in the gym (Dojo), its real philosophy emerges: the search for balance, harmony, fullness and control of self and body in a spirit of peace.