武風 Bufū by Takamatsu Sensei in question is a classical Japanese martial manifesto written in kanbun (漢文) style—formal classical Chinese as traditionally composed and read in Japan. This elevated literary… Read More »武風 Bufū by Takamatsu Sensei
At the training yesterday Sōke said that he had been taught by the 42 hands of Takamatsu Sensei. He was referring to 千手千眼観自在菩薩 Senju-sengen Kanjizai Bosatsu that had 1000 hands… Read More »Takamatsu Sensei taught Hatsumi Sōke with 42 hands
薬師丸蔵人隆眞 Yakushimaru Kurando Takama, a 37th-generation descendant of Fujiwara no Kamatari, was granted the surname Kuki by Emperor Go-Daigo. He transmitted the family martial traditions as Kukishin Den Tenjin Heihō… Read More »天眞兵法九鬼神流 Tenshin Hyōhō Kukishin-ryū
大国鬼平重信 Ōkuni Kihei Shigenobu (Yoshitane) was active around (Genroku era 1688-1704). 傳系 DENKEI 名師 MEISHI 1’st Sōke, Ōhkuni Kihei Shigenobu was also the– 15’th Sōke in Kukishin-ryū Happō Bikenjutsu.– 4’th Sōke… Read More »九鬼神流棒術、柔術 Kukishin-ryū Bōjutsu, Jūjutsu