Discover the ancestral arts of the Takeda Ryu school at Japan Expo Sud and awaken the Samurai hiding inside of you!

On the Tatami: demonstrations and initiations
to the Takeda Ryu school’s techniques

 

 

Presentation

 

Takeda Ryu is an ancestral school which took its name from a Samurai family who reigned over clan Takeda during the Sengoku Jidai era, in the 12^th century in Japan. Takedas were in charge of watching over the emperor and his palace. These « servants » (Samurai) were initiated very young to any kind of fighting, with or without weapons.

When Japan was going peaceful during the Edo era, Samurai had to lay down arms and most of them turned to arts. Over the centuries fighting techniques were transmitted generation after generation, adapting to modern times.

Today, this martial art is still transmitted to students in the tradition of the disciplines Aiki-jutsu, Jo-jutsu, Iai-jutsu, Ken-jutsu, Battogiri and Shuriken-jutsu.

 

Takeda Budo France at Japan Expo Sud 3^rd Wave

 

Disciplines

 

The Takeda Ryu school studies the art of energy harmony (Aiki) through hand techniques which use the energy of the partner to take advantage of it.

The stick art (Jo), bare hand against stick or stick against stick, is made of efficient techniques which use immobilization, projections and blows.

The sword art is one of the main discipline of this school and allows the student to develop confidence, humility, respect and precision.

Ken and Battogiri propose, for the first one, wooden sword techniques, and for the other, the solo application which completes the sword art by cutting straw targets.

Shuriken-jutsu allies precision and skill by throwing metal arrows on a target.

All these disciplines obey simple principles (protection, dodging, control) and logic («you are what you are») which aims at protection and security for the practitioners. Takeda Ryu Kobilza Ha also teaches to the students the essential values of a harmonious life for oneself and the others: Rei (ethic), Chi (knowledge), Nin (goodness), Gi (justice) and Shin (confidence).

 

 

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