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Headmaster of the Tendo-ryu and chief naginata teacher of the Butokukai school
before the war; she ran its 1934 naginata teachers' course.
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Sawada Hanae
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Her own account (interview with her student Meik Skoss); one side.
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“I believe you studied directly under the former headmaster, Mitamura Chiyo.”
— Skoss, Meik; Sawada, Hanae; Bird, Marci. (1997).
The Meaning of Martial Arts Training: A Conversation with Sawada Hanae. Koryu
Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japaninfo
visibilityFirst-hand
“In 1934. What we, or at least I myself, did at the Butokukai in Kyoto was to
practice six or seven hours a day.”
— Skoss, Meik; Sawada, Hanae; Bird, Marci. (1997).
The Meaning of Martial Arts Training: A Conversation with Sawada Hanae. Koryu
Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japaninfo
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“I believe you studied directly under the former headmaster, Mitamura Chiyo.”
— Skoss, Meik; Sawada, Hanae; Bird, Marci. (1997).
The Meaning of Martial Arts Training: A Conversation with Sawada Hanae. Koryu
Bujutsu: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japaninfo
“To fulfill the requirement for additional instructors, the Butokukai created a
teachers’ training course for naginata in 1934. This school taught Tendo-ryu and
was run by Mitamura Chiyo, Nishigaki Kin, and Mitamura Kunihiko.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6BGZPMBSZFED2M100XCXRZX - CC
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