Suio Ryu Iai Kempo - Katsuse Yoshimitsu - 2019 Asakusa Kobudo Taikai

Subscribe to our channel: School: Suiō Ryū Iai Kenpō Event: 2019 Asakusa Kobudō Taikai Date: 20/04/2019 Venue: Taitō Riverside Sports Center Founder: Mima Yoichizaemon Kagenobu Current representative: Katsuse Yoshimitsu (Suiō Ryū Sōke 15th generation, Sōke 13th generation) -- PRESENTATION: SUIŌ RYŪ IAI KENPŌ -- Suiō Ryū Iai Kenpō started with Mima Yoichizaemon Kagenobu in a country in war. Born in 1577 in the province of Dewa (present prefecture of Yamagata and Akita), he learned the handling of weapons with his father from childhood and swore an oath to restore that style. During the day, he was training Battō Gekiken sword techniques in front of a sacred tree, and during the night he was meditating in a temple, completely devoted to his task. While he was doing his day to day study, one night, during his meditation at the temple, he saw the shape of a white seagull floating on the water (“Suiō”) and suddenly had a revelation that