Meifu Shinkage-ryū () is a modern

Shurikenjutsu is a general term describing the traditional Japanese martial arts of throwing ''shuriken'', which are small, hand-held weapons used primarily by the Samurai in feudal Japan, such as metal spikes ''bō shuriken'', circular plates of metal known a ...

-School, which was founded in the 1970s by Chikatoshi Someya (, ''Someya Chikatoshi''). Its roots could mainly be found in the Shurikenjutsu of ''Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū'' ().

Description

The Meifu Shinkage-ryū is a modern school of

. It was founded by in the 1970s. Someya was a student of Yoshio Sugino of the Katori Shintō-ryū, although the throwing style used in Meifu Shinkage-ryū is different. Someya refined the Katori style of throwing, making it shorter, faster and more concealed. The Meifu Shinkage-ryū is a small school of about 30 students who train in Tōkyō, Japan under the instruction of the present

sōke , pronounced , is a Japanese term that means "the head family ouse" In the realm of Japanese traditional arts, it is used synonymously with the term ''iemoto''. Thus, it is often used to indicate "headmaster" (or sometimes translated as "head of t ...

, Yasuyuki Ōtsuka. This school is almost entirely composed of students of other martial arts schools. Ōtsuka welcomes students from any art or country. Currently around 200 international students train in Meifu Shinkage-ryū (Ōtsuka, personal communication October 18, 2016), divided in official Branches and Keikokai (study groups). Ōtsuka calls himself a "shuriken teacher and researcher." There is a specific kind of

shuriken A ''shuriken'' ( ja, 手裏剣; literally: "hidden hand blade") is a Japanese concealed weapon that was used as a hidden dagger or metsubushi to distract or misdirect. They are also known as throwing stars, or ninja stars, although they were ...

called a Meifu Shinkage-ryū shuriken, but Ōtsuka teaches and students will often practice throwing shuriken from many different schools, most of which are now extinct.

Techniques

Shurikenjutsu * Kamae ** Shizentai ** Chudan no Kamae ** Gedan no Kamae ** Jodan no Kamae * Waza ** Shomen Uchi ** Gyaku Uchi ** Dosoku Uchi ** Shitate Uchi ** Za Uchi ** Aruki Uchi ** Hashiri Uchi ** Ne Uchi Fundō Kusarijutsu * Kamae ** Fuko ** Zanshin ** Osame ** Hikitori * Waza ** Metsubushi ** Yokomen Uchi ** Yokoichi Monji ** Kesa Uchi ** Hachinoji Uchi

Dōjō

* Japan: Tōkyō (Honbu Dōjō), Ōsaka * USA: California - Arizona - Illinois - New Jersey * Spain: Barcelona - Valencia * Germany: Bremen * Austria: Langenlebarn * Finland: Helsinki * Great Britain: Leeds - London - Nottingham South East * Russia: Moskau * Czech Republic: Prague * Netherlands: Haarlem/Amsterdam - Eindhoven * Italy * Mexico * Chile * Australia: Melbourne * Canada: Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba * Sweden

References

* Someya, Chikatoshi (1982) ''Shuriken-Jutsu Nyumon'' * Someya, Chikatoshi (1985) ''Kakushibuki-Jutsu Nyumon'' * Someya, Chikatoshi (1987) ''Shuriken-Jutsu'' * Someya, Chikatoshi (2001) ''Shuriken-Jutsu'' * Someya, Chikatoshi (2004) ''Shuriken Giho'' * Ôtsuka, Yasuyuki (2004) ''Shuriken Jutsu no Susume'' * Ôtsuka, Yasuyuki (2010) ''How to learn Meifu Shinkage-ryu'' * Ôtsuka, Yasuyuki (2011) ''Meifu Shinkage Ryu - Fundô-kusarijutsu & Shurikenjutsu'' * Ôtsuka, Yasuyuki (2015) ''Meifu Shinkage Ryu - Fundô Kusarijutsu - Shurikenjutsu'' (2nd edition) * Interview with Sōke Yasuyuki Ôtsuka by Thomas Feldmann in the German martial arts magazin
Toshiya
No. 1, 2010 * Meifu Shinkage Ryu Shurikenjutsu Suomessa Bodo-Magazin
Budoka
No. 1, 2009 (Finnish)

DVDs and videos

* Someya, Chikatoshi (1987) ''Meifu-Shinkage-ryu Shuriken Jutsu'' * Someya, Chikatoshi (1992) ''Shurikenjutsu and Kusarijutsu'' * Ōtsuka, Yasuyuki (2004) ''Hiden! Shurikenjutsu''

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meifu Shinkage-ryu Gendai budo