Kendo-Kenjutsu

The Art of the Samurai Sword

Kenjutsu is the art of sword combat, created by the Samurai in feudal Japan. Today it is the art that is most reliable to pass on the teachings of the Samurai in our daily life, maintaining alive a tradition that goes back more than 600 years ago.





For the combat trainning part, the practicioners use a body armor called bogu and bamboo swords known as shinai. These equipments allows a injury free trainning of the old techniques.

With this safety precaution at our disposal, all combat is practiced very close to the reality of the Samurai in feudal Japan. The same cuts and strikes done at the time, the same combat postures, the same studies of strategy and, above all, the same influence of the Bushido.

Goshinjutsu - Samurai Self Defence Techniques

Goshinjutsu Kata (sequence)

In our classes we also practice Goshinjutsu techniques.
- The Kobudo arts, be the Kenjutsu, Jojutsu, Iaijutsu or any other that we practice in Niten, have Goshin aplications.
"Go" means Defence, and "shin" means Body.
This can be translated as Body Defence (Self Defence).
The Kobudo arts in Niten offer techniques that were useful in the battlefields in Samurai times.

Miyamoto Musashi's Kenjutsu School

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