A sword school that achieves certain victory in one beat

Purging away intrigue and evil spirits, disposing of our own greed, casting away the clouds of darkness from the world and purifying the space around us.

Ono-ha Itto-ryu kenjutsu was founded by Ito Ittosai and as the school studied by the Tokugawa shogunate, it became one of the characteristic styles of Japanese swordsmanship.

The “Volume 2: Hoshato”the second in this series focuses on the Gokui Hoshato kata but also examines in detail the Kodachi kata, the Kojo Gokui Goten kata that Ittosai was taught by his teacher, Kanemaki Jisai as well as Ono-ha Itto-ryu’s history.

・ Itto-ryu’s Contemporary History
・ The Equipment of Itto-ryu
・ The Kodachi of Itto-ryu
・ The Shin-Gyo-So Fundamental Principle
・ Scrolls and Licenses
・ Hichu no Hi Gokui Hoshato
・ Kojo Kongoto Gokui Goten
・ Hakiriai: Applications of Hoshato and Goten

Instruction: Toru Ishizaki
Ono-ha Itto-ryu Menkyo Kaiden, Shinmuso Hayashizaki-ryu Iai Soke, Kendo 7th dan Kyoshi, Reigakudo Foundation Director and Senshu University professor

In collaboration with the Reigakudo Foundation, the martial arts’dojo founded by the 16th Soke of Ono-ha Itto-ryu, Junzo Sasamori.

With the assistance of Hiroya Susuki (Menkyo) and Ryo Anzai (Menkyo).

Translation: Grigoris Miliaresis