Battou-jutsu

[sanjiyan99]

No, I don't intend for this thread to become a discussion about Rurouni Kenshin -- there are enough anime forums and blogs on the internet for that sort of thing.

But perhaps I have been watching too much of that anime because I'd like to know if anyone there knows of samurai swordsmanship techniques which involve cutting/attacking by drawing the sword once. I'm sure there are, but I am curious and would like to discuss with those who have trained in this style of swordsmanship. I'd like to study it myself as a novelty.

[Tant01]

....I'd like to know if anyone there knows of samurai swordsmanship techniques which involve cutting/attacking by drawing the sword once. I'm sure there are, but I am curious and would like to discuss with those who have trained in this style of swordsmanship. I'd like to study it myself as a novelty.

Swordsmanship: Old school styles; Yagyu Shinkage-ryu, Ono-ha Itto-ryu, Sekiguchi-haItto-ryu, Hokushin Itto-ryu, Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu, Jikishinkage-ryu, Maniwa Nen-ryu, Shizen-ryu, Kyo Hachi-ryu, Tamiya-ryu, Jigen-ryu and Kage No-ryu...

But it sounds (reads) like you are referring to Iaido-Ryu, the art of Drawing your sword.

If a Samurai trained to fight with swords while swimming in full armor it was another Ryu, Suiei-jutsu.

There were schools that specialized in Kogusoko (shortswords) and schools that specialized in daggers (Tantojutsu)

Pick your poison...

[sanjiyan99]

Thank you much for the information. That will surely cut the time for research in half. I've done some research on sword-drawing techniques, the various stances, footwork, and methods of "battou-jutsu". I'll start practicing on my own, soon -- my grandfather recently gave me a katana and wakizashi.