JAPANESE SWORD CLASS

Day: Sundays

Times: 1-2PM

Ages: 15+

Instructor: Eric Zmarzly

If you happen to be looking for something different than our usual offerings, why not check out our Katori Shinto Ryu & Martial Art Fundamentals program? The program encompasses Japanese Samurai weapons training in addition to martial art fundamentals. Learning how to self-train with the Bokken (wooden sword) will be the main focus, with emphasis on martial art concepts/principles. 

Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu (天真正伝香取神道流) is one of the oldest extant Japanese martial arts, and is revered as a koryu bujutsu (traditional martial art). The art has been continuously passed from teacher to student since its founding over 600 years ago by Iizasa Choisai Ienao (飯篠 長威斎 家直). The teachings encompass the various samurai battlefield weapons as well as the martial art principles that have become both fundamentals and secrets of later styles.