Kuroyama Budokai
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Dedicated to the study of Japanese Budo Arts
長刀術
Toda-ha Bukō-ryū
Naginata Jutsu
Naginata jutsu is the study of techniques using a long wooden staff with a curved blade, traditionally used in Japanese feudal time on the battlefield.
Naginata training involves the study of Kihon (basic movements) and Kata forms comprising both attack and defence movements.
Naginata jutsu origins & background.
Although originally a battlefield weapon predominantly used by men, during the Edo period the art became associated with samurai women who took up the art as a method of defence and self-development.
In modern day Japan, Naginata is still predominately practiced by women, however outside of Japan the art is practiced equally by both men and women.
Naginata jutsu training at Kuroyama Budokai.
Study at Kuroyama Budokai principally involves the curriculum of Toda-ha Bukō-ryū Naginta. Toda-ha Bukō-ryū is a Japanese koryū founded in the late Muromachi period c. 1560 by Toda Seigen.
Instructing Team.
Our lead Instructor is:
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Nathan Turk
Governing bodies.
After the untimely death of 20th generation sōke, Nakamura Yoichi, Toda-ha Bukō-ryū is currently under the direction of sokedairi, Kent Sorensen, in Tokyo, Japan with the assistance of a number of shihan in the United States, Europe and Australia.