Yagyu Shinkage Ryu: History, Philosophy, Technique & Body Book. Steve Grody Applying Martial Arts to Combat

Applying Martial Arts to Combat Sports

a self proclaimed historian of the Bujinkan

Chow and Spangler describe feats which most Westerners consider impossible

･Knee flexibility

Master-at-arms James Keating has integrated his skills in both armed and unarmed combat into a revolutionary system of empty-hand defenses against weapons

Yagyu Shinkage Ryu: History, Philosophy, Technique & Body Book. Steve Grody Applying Martial Arts to CombatYou can see the whole picture of Yagyu Shinkage ryu from the basics to the secrets. The Yagyu Shinkage ryu was passed down from Yagyu Genshu, the last Owari Yagyu master of the Edo period, to Director Kato Isao at the Shunpu kan dojo in Nagoya. The sword techniques of Edo samurai remain intact there. This book was written by Akabane Tatsuo, head of the Kanto branch of the Shunpu kan, as a compilation of the techniques of Yagyu Shinkage ryu that he