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So, let\'s start thinking about those. I\'ll be using this as a sandbox, and editing it as I go.
\'\'\'Tendo Ryu: \'\'\'(naginata)
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-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
\'\'\'Shinto Muso Ryu: \'\'\'
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: The short staff known as the jo, mainly. There were a few other weapons taught in an auxiliary manner, with the sword amongst them.
-> Context of application:
\'\'\'Eishin Ryu: \'\'\'(iai)
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
\'\'\'Tendo Ryu: \'\'\'(naginata)
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
\'\'\'Shinto Muso Ryu: \'\'\'
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: The short staff known as the jo, mainly. There were a few other weapons taught in an auxiliary manner, with the sword amongst them.
-> Context of application:
\'\'\'Eishin Ryu: \'\'\'(iai)
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
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\'\'\'Katori Shinto Ryu: \'\'\'
One of the oldest and most famous kenjutsu schools in the whole of Japan. In fact, no other school can rival it in both fame and age.
Named after the shintoist Katori shrine, where it\'s practiced, this school was (and, to some extent, still is) very secretive. Prospective students used to need to swear a blood oath of secrecy before even stepping foot inside the dojo; this practice is still upheld in the Katori shrine, but many teachers in other places readily teach a sizeable part of the curriculum to curious students without requiring an oath. Some of the techniques are only taught to the most trusted students there are, and (of course) always require a blood oath.
-> Philosophy: \
One of the oldest and most famous kenjutsu schools in the whole of Japan. In fact, no other school can rival it in both fame and age.
Named after the shintoist Katori shrine, where it\'s practiced, this school was (and, to some extent, still is) very secretive. Prospective students used to need to swear a blood oath of secrecy before even stepping foot inside the dojo; this practice is still upheld in the Katori shrine, but many teachers in other places readily teach a sizeable part of the curriculum to curious students without requiring an oath. Some of the techniques are only taught to the most trusted students there are, and (of course) always require a blood oath.
-> Philosophy: \
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\\\'\\\'\\\'Tendo Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'(naginata)
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Shinto Muso Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: The short staff known as the jo, mainly. There were a few other weapons taught in an auxiliary manner, with the sword amongst them.
-> Context of application:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Eishin Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'(iai)
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Shinto Muso Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: The short staff known as the jo, mainly. There were a few other weapons taught in an auxiliary manner, with the sword amongst them.
-> Context of application:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Eishin Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'(iai)
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
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-> Philosophy: \
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-> Philosophy: \\\"We\\\'re at war, be ready for everything.\\\"
-> Temperament: The swordsmanship practiced in KSR is quite physically demanding. It has a certain rhythm of attack, and does not generally wait until an opportunity has presented itself, rather aiming to create it by being proactive. Endurance and speed are both required to keep up with the pace.
-> Technical focus: Very diverse. The marginally most common technique is the \\\"rolling strike\\\", a strike to the head; but apart from that, students are taught a large variety of different techniques and even different weapons.
-> Context of application: Many different ones. With or without armour, with a drawn or sheathed sword, with other weapons, the techniques practiced are very diverse. Even some wrestling techniques are taught, as well as a few other battlefield skills. Students are swiftly prepared to survive a prospective battle, and are even instructed to be cautious around one another.
\\\'\\\'\\\'Yagyu Shinkage Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: Ruining an opponent\\\'s attack with one\\\'s own. Typically, such a technique would first deflect an opponent\\\'s attack, and then continue on to the target.
-> Context of application:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Niten Ichi Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
A school that owes its fame to its founder: the most famous Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: Moving off-centre to avoid an attack, then attacking weak tissue such as the neck or arms.
-> Context of application: Unarmoured duels, ostensibly.
\\\'\\\'\\\'Jigen Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
A greatly feared school that had many victories. Characteristic for its \\\"dragonfly\\\" stance, essentially a modified version of hasso (see above) with the hands a couple decimetres higher.
-> Philosophy: \\\"One strike is all you need. Don\\\'t even consider a second one.\\\"
-> Temperament: Highly aggressive. In rumour, students of this style required a paper cord to keep themselves from drawing their swords (and killing) more frequently than they had to.
-> Technical focus: Downward strike. That, combined with \\\'\\\'very\\\'\\\' loud and continuous yelling. Seriously, there was nothing else; just was one technique, practiced for over four million times yearly. It was so quick as to make evasion extremely difficult, and so powerful as to kill people by clanging their own sword against their skull.
-> Context of application: Practically, any battle wherein one is armed with a sword.
The afore-mentioned schools, like most old Japanese sword arts, were mainly focused on sword vs sword exercises. There were, however, a few famous schools with different areas of expertise, such as those outlined below.
\\\'\\\'\\\'Tendo Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'(naginata)
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Shinto Muso Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: The short staff known as the jo, mainly. There were a few other weapons taught in an auxiliary manner, with the sword amongst them.
-> Context of application:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Eishin Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'(iai)
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
-> Temperament: The swordsmanship practiced in KSR is quite physically demanding. It has a certain rhythm of attack, and does not generally wait until an opportunity has presented itself, rather aiming to create it by being proactive. Endurance and speed are both required to keep up with the pace.
-> Technical focus: Very diverse. The marginally most common technique is the \\\"rolling strike\\\", a strike to the head; but apart from that, students are taught a large variety of different techniques and even different weapons.
-> Context of application: Many different ones. With or without armour, with a drawn or sheathed sword, with other weapons, the techniques practiced are very diverse. Even some wrestling techniques are taught, as well as a few other battlefield skills. Students are swiftly prepared to survive a prospective battle, and are even instructed to be cautious around one another.
\\\'\\\'\\\'Yagyu Shinkage Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: Ruining an opponent\\\'s attack with one\\\'s own. Typically, such a technique would first deflect an opponent\\\'s attack, and then continue on to the target.
-> Context of application:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Niten Ichi Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
A school that owes its fame to its founder: the most famous Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: Moving off-centre to avoid an attack, then attacking weak tissue such as the neck or arms.
-> Context of application: Unarmoured duels, ostensibly.
\\\'\\\'\\\'Jigen Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
A greatly feared school that had many victories. Characteristic for its \\\"dragonfly\\\" stance, essentially a modified version of hasso (see above) with the hands a couple decimetres higher.
-> Philosophy: \\\"One strike is all you need. Don\\\'t even consider a second one.\\\"
-> Temperament: Highly aggressive. In rumour, students of this style required a paper cord to keep themselves from drawing their swords (and killing) more frequently than they had to.
-> Technical focus: Downward strike. That, combined with \\\'\\\'very\\\'\\\' loud and continuous yelling. Seriously, there was nothing else; just was one technique, practiced for over four million times yearly. It was so quick as to make evasion extremely difficult, and so powerful as to kill people by clanging their own sword against their skull.
-> Context of application: Practically, any battle wherein one is armed with a sword.
The afore-mentioned schools, like most old Japanese sword arts, were mainly focused on sword vs sword exercises. There were, however, a few famous schools with different areas of expertise, such as those outlined below.
\\\'\\\'\\\'Tendo Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'(naginata)
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Shinto Muso Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: The short staff known as the jo, mainly. There were a few other weapons taught in an auxiliary manner, with the sword amongst them.
-> Context of application:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Eishin Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'(iai)
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
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-> Philosophy: \
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-> Philosophy: \\\"We\\\'re at war, be ready for everything.\\\"
-> Temperament: The swordsmanship practiced in KSR is quite physically demanding. It has a certain rhythm of attack, and does not generally wait until an opportunity has presented itself, rather aiming to create it by being proactive. Endurance and speed are both required to keep up with the pace.
-> Technical focus: Very diverse. The marginally most common technique is the \\\"rolling strike\\\", a strike to the head; but apart from that, students are taught a large variety of different techniques and even different weapons.
-> Context of application: Many different ones. With or without armour, with a drawn or sheathed sword, with other weapons, the techniques practiced are very diverse. Even some wrestling techniques are taught, as well as a few other battlefield skills. Students are swiftly prepared to survive a prospective battle, and are even instructed to be cautious around one another.
\\\'\\\'\\\'Yagyu Shinkage Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: Ruining an opponent\\\'s attack with one\\\'s own. Typically, such a technique would first deflect an opponent\\\'s attack, and then continue on to the target.
-> Context of application:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Niten Ichi Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
A school that owes its fame to its founder: the most famous Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: Moving off-centre to avoid an attack, then attacking weak tissue such as the neck or arms.
-> Context of application: Unarmoured duels, ostensibly.
\\\'\\\'\\\'Jigen Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
A greatly feared school that had many victories. Characteristic for its \\\"dragonfly\\\" stance, essentially a modified version of hasso (see above) with the hands a couple decimetres higher.
-> Philosophy: \\\"One strike is all you need. Don\\\'t even consider a second one.\\\"
-> Temperament: Highly aggressive. In rumour, students of this style required a paper cord to keep themselves from drawing their swords (and killing) more frequently than they had to.
-> Technical focus: Downward strike. That, combined with \\\'\\\'very\\\'\\\' loud and continuous yelling. Seriously, there was nothing else; just was one technique, practiced for over four million times yearly. It was so quick as to make evasion extremely difficult, and so powerful as to kill people by clanging their own sword against their skull.
-> Context of application: Practically, any battle wherein one is armed with a sword.
Apart from those, there were a few other schools that taught techniques \\\'\\\'against\\\'\\\' someone armed with a sword. The most famous of those teach techniques that utilise the short-staff and the naginata:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Tendo Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'(naginata)
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Shinto Muso Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: The short staff known as the jo, mainly. There were a few other weapons taught in an auxiliary manner, with the sword amongst them.
-> Context of application:
And lastly, a sword-wielding school that does not
\\\'\\\'\\\'Eishin Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'(iai)
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
-> Temperament: The swordsmanship practiced in KSR is quite physically demanding. It has a certain rhythm of attack, and does not generally wait until an opportunity has presented itself, rather aiming to create it by being proactive. Endurance and speed are both required to keep up with the pace.
-> Technical focus: Very diverse. The marginally most common technique is the \\\"rolling strike\\\", a strike to the head; but apart from that, students are taught a large variety of different techniques and even different weapons.
-> Context of application: Many different ones. With or without armour, with a drawn or sheathed sword, with other weapons, the techniques practiced are very diverse. Even some wrestling techniques are taught, as well as a few other battlefield skills. Students are swiftly prepared to survive a prospective battle, and are even instructed to be cautious around one another.
\\\'\\\'\\\'Yagyu Shinkage Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: Ruining an opponent\\\'s attack with one\\\'s own. Typically, such a technique would first deflect an opponent\\\'s attack, and then continue on to the target.
-> Context of application:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Niten Ichi Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
A school that owes its fame to its founder: the most famous Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: Moving off-centre to avoid an attack, then attacking weak tissue such as the neck or arms.
-> Context of application: Unarmoured duels, ostensibly.
\\\'\\\'\\\'Jigen Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
A greatly feared school that had many victories. Characteristic for its \\\"dragonfly\\\" stance, essentially a modified version of hasso (see above) with the hands a couple decimetres higher.
-> Philosophy: \\\"One strike is all you need. Don\\\'t even consider a second one.\\\"
-> Temperament: Highly aggressive. In rumour, students of this style required a paper cord to keep themselves from drawing their swords (and killing) more frequently than they had to.
-> Technical focus: Downward strike. That, combined with \\\'\\\'very\\\'\\\' loud and continuous yelling. Seriously, there was nothing else; just was one technique, practiced for over four million times yearly. It was so quick as to make evasion extremely difficult, and so powerful as to kill people by clanging their own sword against their skull.
-> Context of application: Practically, any battle wherein one is armed with a sword.
Apart from those, there were a few other schools that taught techniques \\\'\\\'against\\\'\\\' someone armed with a sword. The most famous of those teach techniques that utilise the short-staff and the naginata:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Tendo Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'(naginata)
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
\\\'\\\'\\\'Shinto Muso Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus: The short staff known as the jo, mainly. There were a few other weapons taught in an auxiliary manner, with the sword amongst them.
-> Context of application:
And lastly, a sword-wielding school that does not
\\\'\\\'\\\'Eishin Ryu: \\\'\\\'\\\'(iai)
-> Philosophy:
-> Temperament:
-> Technical focus:
-> Context of application:
