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Mima Yoichizaemon

Kagenobu / Soke

Early Edo period Japanese samurai and founder of the koryu school Suio-ryu Iai Kenpo (1615).

Quick Facts

Date of Birth1577
Date of Death1665
Era17th century
Country of OriginJapanJapan
Rank / TitleFounder of Suio-ryu
Active Yearsca 1615–1665

Biography

Mima Yoichizaemon Kagenobu founded Suio-ryu Iai Kenpo in 1615. The comprehensive koryu system encompasses quick-draw sword arts, staff, halberd, and battlefield grappling.

Associated Martial Arts

Suio-ryu Iai KenpoFounder→

A sword-drawing school from the end of the Sengoku period. To its sixty-four techniques it adds the staff, the naginata, and the sickle-and-chain.