Niten Ichi-ryū

<table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Kory%25C5%25AB/L2GxlxQ6">Traditional</a> <a href="/facts/Japanese_martial_art/xJJpr0aR">Japanese martial art</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Founder(s)</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Miyamoto_Musashi/Usvxkhd8">Miyamoto Musashi</a> (宮本 武蔵</td><td>1584–1645</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Date founded</th></tr><tr><td>Early <a href="/facts/Edo_period/BWxv9h57">Edo period</a></td><td>Founded between 1604–1640</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Current headmaster</th></tr><tr><td colspan="3">There are three successors.*Kajiya Takanori: 12th generation (after Iwami Toshio Genshin)*Musashi Chen (Taiwan): 11th generation*<a href="/facts/Yoshimoti_Kiyoshi/TFgJ3N4t">Yoshimoti Kiyoshi</a>: 12th generation (after Kiyonaga Fumiya)</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><tbody><tr><th colspan="3">Arts taught</th></tr><tr><td>Japanese name</td><td>Description</td><td>Niten Ichi-ryu designation</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kenjutsu/4y8LzD5o">Kenjutsu</a> 剣術—<a href="/facts/Odachi/Cu66N2YJ">odachi</a>, <a href="/facts/Kodachi/Qo9uw2Mh">kodachi</a></td><td>Sword art—Long and short sword</td><td>Tachi/Kodachi Seiho</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Kenjutsu/4y8LzD5o">Kenjutsu</a>—odachi, kodachi</td><td>Sword art—Long and short sword used together</td><td>Nito Seiho</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Aikuchi/PMVtWM06">Aikuchi</a></td><td></td><td>Aikuchi roppo</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Juttejutsu/FrTlMVJc">Juttejutsu</a>—<a href="/facts/Jutte/83Rdtc6F">Jutte</a></td><td>Truncheon art</td><td>Jitte to jutsu</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/B%25C5%258Djutsu/2LNEXywm">Bōjutsu</a>棒術—<a href="/facts/B%25C5%258D/1kmnK15D">Bō</a></td><td>Staff art</td><td>Bo jutsu</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/J%25C5%258Dd%25C5%258D/eMps3cbB">Jōdō</a></td><td>Staff art</td><td>Jo jutsu</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><i>Hyohō Niten Ichi-ryū</i> (兵法 二天 一流), which can be loosely translated as "the school of the strategy of two heavens as one", is a <a href="/facts/Kory%25C5%25AB/L2GxlxQ6">koryū</a> (ancient school), transmitting a style of classical <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japanese</a> <a href="/facts/Swordsmanship/tWXkvkWT">swordsmanship</a> conceived by <a href="/facts/Miyamoto_Musashi/Usvxkhd8">Miyamoto Musashi</a>. Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū is mainly known for the <a href="/facts/Dual_wield/12RCRUXB">two-sword</a>—<a href="/facts/Katana/N3DVYLIp">katana</a> and <a href="/facts/Wakizashi/ACTdsFj1">wakizashi</a>—<a href="/facts/Kenjutsu/4y8LzD5o">kenjutsu</a> techniques Musashi called <i>Niten Ichi</i> (二天一, "two heavens as one") or <i>Nitō Ichi</i> (二刀一, "two swords as one").
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