Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū is one of the oldest extant Japanese martial arts and an exemplar of bujutsu. It was founded by Iizasa Ienao, who lived near Katori Shrine at the time. The ryū is purp

Yagyū Shinkage-ryū is one of the oldest Japanese schools of swordsmanship. Its primary founder was Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, who called the school Shinkage-ryū. In 1565, Nobutsuna bequeathed the school to