​​Oishi Susumu was a famous swordsman from the Yanagawa domain. It was next to the Mike domain and Oishi's family were samurai who guarded the border between the two regions. They were skilled shihan (masters) of Aizu Kage Ryu, a now extinct style of swordsmanship, and taught in both Yanagawa-han and Mike-han. Oishi Susumu himself was very tall. He measured 210cm and chose to use a sword (shinken) and bamboo sword (shinai) that were considerably longer than the typical length

Shibukawa Ichi Ryu is an old style (koryu) of jujutsu that was practised in the Hiroshima and Matsuyama domains of Japan. It was created for self-defence, however, it was also trained for warfare by the samurai of the Matsuyama clan.​ Une Shigemi Tsuguaki 畝 重實嗣昭 , the 4th headmaster and official successor of Shibukawa Ichi Ryu Jujutsu The main method for learning the techniques is through the practice of kata. In kata there is a designated attacker (uke) and a designated defe

Ⅰ Introduction Jukendo, the Japanese art of bayonet combat has its origins in western countries. Therefore, the history of jukendo is very different from kendo, judo, kyudo and so on. Shuhan TAKASHIMA (1798–1866) introduced bayonet combat to Japan for the first time after he had studied western gunnery through Dutch books and learned from Dutchmen in Dejima, Nagasaki at the end of Edo period. The purpose of this study is to clarify how bayonet combat was practiced and how it