Shinden Fudo-ryū (Immovable Heart School) was a school of Japanese martial arts.
| Shinden Fudo-ryū Dakentaijutsu | |
|---|---|
| Ko-ryū | |
| Foundation | |
| Founder | Izumo Kanja Yoshiteru |
| Period founded | Yeikyu era |
| Current information | |
| Current headmaster | Nagato Toshirō |
| Arts taught | |
| Art | Description |
| Dakentaijutsu | Hybrid art |
| Ancestor schools | |
| Historic Chinese martial arts | |
| Descendant schools | |
| Genbukan, Jinenkan, Bujinkan, Akban | |
Founded in around 1113 AD by Izumo Kanja Yoshiteru, Shinden Fudō ryū is one of the oldest styles of Jujutsu. It focuses on working with one's natural surroundings, and as such most training takes place outside using natural objects as training aids. The school puts emphasis on fighting from any posture one finds themselves in at the time a fight begins, rather than needing to prepare by getting into a stance first. This allows the practitioner to remain receptive to sudden attacks. As an extension of this principle, the school has no formal stance (kamae); all techniques start from a natural, loose, standing posture.[1] The curriculum is entirely unarmed; there are no weapons used in this system.[2]
The school is of Chinese origin, based on techniques brought to Japan by Buddhist refugees.[2] It was NOT one of the styles studied by Edward William Barton-Wright, the founder of Bartitsu, and one of the first Westerners to practice Japanese martial arts. The style studied by William Barton-Wright was Shinden Fudō ryū Kempo, which is not connected to the Shinden Fudō ryū Dakentaijutsu.
References
edit- ^ Remigiusz Borda; Marian Winiecki (18 March 2014). The Illustrated Ninja Handbook: Hidden Techniques of Ninjutsu. Tuttle Publishing. pp. 41–42. ISBN 978-1-4629-1426-5.
- ^ a b Kicking techniques of the Ninja Warriors: Developed for the Battlefield But Effective for the Streets. Active Interest Media, Inc. August 1997. pp. 81–82. ISSN 0277-3066.
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