TENSHINRYU

Tenshinryu Hyouho is a school of traditional Japanese Martial Arts which comprises various types of classical forms.

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Tenshin-ryu Training Method: Candle-Flame Cutting

This is Tenshin-ryu’s candle-cutting training method.
You can clearly see the moment when the flame is cleanly split straight down the middle.

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Ide's lessons#231
Sunday, 16 December, 2025 09:00-9:30(JST)

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30minutes practice.
Instruction:Ide Ryustsu Shike

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You do not rely only on the arms, but use the whole body to create the sword's cutting angle. By using your footwork as much as possible, you cultivate strong legs and hips, agile movement, and Kenkitai-ichigan, the unity of sword, mind, and body.

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Suburi for the upward diagonal (Kesa-hazushi) cut

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11.12 TENSHINRYU ONLINE KEIKO
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19:30-20:00(JST)
Instruction:10th Shike Kuwami Masakumo Sensei

We will give private Online Lesson exclusively for the Tenshinryu family (students, Tenshinryu online members, YouTube membership)
20:00-21:00(JST)

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Hone-chan’s Chochin-yaburi 提灯破 challenge from Tachiai Battojutsu.
This isn’t a traditional method, but in Tenshinryu we often train by placing obstacles on the wall or overhead.
When something presses in on you, the body moves on its own.

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Ide's lessons#230
Sunday, 9 December, 2025 09:00-9:30(JST)
https://t.co/zLh5lrKZ2I
30minutes practice.
Instruction:Ide Ryustsu Shike

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Tenshinryu Hyoho — Tachi-ai Battojutsu: Chochin-yaburi 提灯破 performed as Madoi-nuki 円居抜(in a circle).

A method in which, the instant the opponent moves to draw, you drop your body low and sweep-cut the shin.

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Tenshinryu Hyoho announces Halloween. TRICK or TREAT!

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https://t.co/KVyyaLLJT5 ゴーストオブヨウテイ配信しています Ghost of Yotei Now streaming.

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御影返 Mikage-Gaeshi & 釣瓶抜 Tsurube-Nuki

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For this Chōchin-yaburi, keep your body as low as possible.
As training, we also tried a tsuri-tenjō (suspended-ceiling trap) setup—improvised with a furoshiki.

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Chōchin-yaburi 提灯破(Lantern-Breaker) Challenge.

In Tenshinryu Hyoho, our techniques often come with the adverb dekiru dake—“as much as possible.”
Setting real combat aside, in kata practice we do things as much as possible to forge the body and polish the technique.

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However, most people in contemporary Japan are not aware of these age-old customs. We should take special care regarding this.

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As a general rule in Japanese culture, it is taboo to turn one’s back (or backside) toward the shinza (the deity’s seat). In a dojo or home this means the kamidana (household shrine), and in a Shinto shrine it means the honden or sanctuary—the place where the kami are enshrined.

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Of course, in the natural flow of actual training, instruction, or demonstrations, there will be moments when one’s back—or the sword tip—ends up facing the shinza. This is why the above is a guiding principle: it is an expression of respect for the kami.

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Tenshinryu Hyoho | Seated nukiuchi (抜討 Assassination, Judicial Execution, Exemplary punishment): Explanation of 'Jagaratō 蛇殻刀' (Snake-Shell Sword)