Masters of the Japanese Sword - Risuke Otake & Hakudo Nakayama

A compilation of KORYU KENJUTSU (classical style Samurai sword technique) demonstrations by Master Risuke Otake (born 1926) of the Katori Shinto Ryu style, Japan's oldest martial tradition with 600 years of tradition (the school was founded in 1447), and Master Hakudo Nakayama (1872-1958), who founded the Muso Shinden Ryu style in 1932, giving demonstrations in 1966 (age 84) and 1921 (age 49) demonstrating old-style Eishin Ryu Kenjutsu. This is interesting to practitioners of Budo because the Katori Shinto Ryu is the oldest existing traditional school. It is also interesting to practitioners of Shotokan Karate because Hakudo Nakayama was Gigo Funakoshi's (also known as "Yoshitaka" Funakoshi, Gigo was the third son of Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan Karate) teacher. Gigo Funakoshi studied kendo and iaido with Hakudo Nakayama, and aspects of this training in the Way of the Sword influenced the early development of Shotokan Karate in the 1930's and 40's. This compilation video was edited by Marco Jovic of the Hayashi Dojo Team in Mannheim, Germany. It is intended as a learning tool for the students at Hayashi Dojo to learn about the important masters of the Samurai sword traditions.