Hirayama Gyozo Explained

was a Japanese fencer and author of the Kensetsu ("Discourse on Swords").[1] He founded the Chukō Shingan Ryū, an offshoot of the Shingan school,[2] and emphasised the use of a shorter-than-normal sword.[3] Gyozo is credited with developing the concept of the bugei juhappan (the "eighteen martial arts").[4]

Notes and References

  1. Kenji Tokitsu, Musashi Miyamoto; Miyamoto Musashi: His Life and Writings, Shambhala, 2004, p. 79
  2. Minoru Kiyota; Kendō: its philosophy, history, and means to personal growth, Kegan Paul International, 1995, p. 64
  3. Kenji Tokitsu, Budo: Ki and the sense of combat, Disfruto y Hago, 2007, p. 105 (in Spanish)
  4. Book: Karl Friday. Karl F. Friday. Seki Humitake. Legacies of the Sword: The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai Martial Culture. 1 July 1997. University of Hawaii Press. 978-0-8248-6332-6. 199.

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