Tennen Rishin-ryū
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| Traditional Japanese martial art | |
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| Tennen Rishin-ryū (天然理心流) |
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| Founder | Kondō Kuranosuke Nagahiro |
| Date founded | c.1789 |
| Period founded | Late Edo Period (1603–1867) |
| Current headmaster | Miyagawa Seizō |
| Arts taught | |
| Art | Description |
| Kenjutsu | Sword art |
| Bōjutsu | Staff art |
| Jujutsu | Unarmed grappling art
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| Ancestor schools | |
| None identified | |
| Descendant schools | |
| None identified | |
Tennen Rishin-ryū (天然理心流?) was a sword style practiced by several core members of the Shinsengumi.
[edit] History
Founded by Kondō Kuranosuke Nagahiro around 1789, the style was popularized by Kondō Shūsuke (1792-1867), the third generation master of the style, who, together with Satō Hikogorō, spread its practice throughout the farming population of the Tama district. Since the first and the second generation masters each adopted a student with superb skills to be the next master, in 1849 the childless Kondō Shūsuke decided to adopt a sixteen-year-old student named Miyagawa Katsugorō, the later Kondō Isami.
This style, like other koryū arts, teaches kenjutsu, bōjutsu, and jujutsu. Tennen Rishin-ryū was particularly suited to group fighting techniques. The style was famous in Edo, and was headquartered at the Shieikan dojo. In 1861, Kondō Isami became the 4th sōke of the style, spread its fame during his time as commander of the Shinsengumi. Noted practitioners were Hijikata Toshizo, Inoue Genzaburō, and the famous prodigy Okita Sōji (who mastered all the techniques of the school and attained Menkyo Kaiden status at eighteen or so.) Several men already certified in other styles cross-trained in Tennen Rishin-ryū, such as Yamanami Keisuke, who was enrolled in 1860 and others like Nagakura Shinpachi and Harada Sanosuke stayed at the Shieikan without becoming practitioners of Tennen Rishin-ryū.
Even though quite a few techniques were lost in the beginning of the Meiji era, Tennen Rishin-ryū is still practiced today, among other koryū.
[edit] List of Tennen Rishin-ryū techniques
Satsuki-ryō-ken
Hiryū-ken
Hira-seigan
Sasoku-ken
In-yū-ken
Kobi-ken
Denkō-ken
Katana-Nukizama-No-Koto
Syarin-ken
Ōtai-ken
Getsuei-ken
Seigan-ken
Geppa-ken
Unkō-ken
Kokō-ken
Sōsha
Sekka-ken
Ryūbi-ken
Kakari-ken
Ensha-ken
Ranken-ken
Shishiō-ken
Ukitori
[edit] external links
[1] - Tennen Rishin Ryu official Japanese site
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