Kashima-shinden Jikishinkage-ryū Heihō [ 鹿島神傳直心影流 兵法 ] is one of the most powerful surviving forms of traditional Japanese swordsmanship — its small and austere curriculum focuses on the combative use of the Japanese long sword (tachi) and short sword (kodachi).
Its lineage begins in the 16th century and while its technical content has evolved over time, it continued to preserve in its advanced teachings the essence of (opens in a new tab) Shinkage-ryū.
Here you will find a list of Jikishinkage-ryū training groups as well as pointers to writing on the different lines of Shinkage-ryū practice.
Notes on the history of the art are kept here: its formal lineage and the Odani, Naganuma and Fujikawa branches; Ogasawara Genshinsai and late Ming China; Yamada Ippūsai Mitsunori; Karukome Yoshitaka’s research on the densho; and the memorial steles at Kashima Jingū and in Chiba.
Mark Raugas
innerdharma.org
Seattle, WA
