Description

Naginata teacher in Tokyo of Tendo-ryu and atarashii naginata, trained at the Butokukai school in Kyoto from 1934; hanshi of the All-Japan Naginata Federation.

Teachers (1)

• person
  Mitamura Chiyo

  swordsTendō-ryū Probable

  Probable

  Her own account (interview with her student Meik Skoss); one side.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  location_onBudo Senmon Gakko badge (1934)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Her own account (interview with her student Meik Skoss); one side.

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “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

Students (1)

• person
  Meik Skoss

  swordsTendō-ryū Probable

  Probable

  The book’s contributor note, edited by his wife Diane Skoss; one side.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1976)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  The book’s contributor note, edited by his wife Diane Skoss; one side.

  “Meik Skoss has been her student in Tendo-ryu since 1976.”

  — 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

  “After moving to Tokyo in 1976, Skoss started studying Shinto Muso-ryu jo under Shimizu Takaji, Toda-ha Buko-ryu naginatajutsu with Muto Mitsu, and Tendo-ryu naginatajutsu under Sawada Hanae.”

  — Meik Skoss | Koryu.comlinkinfo

Honours (1)

• receipt_longHanshiHanshi Probable

  Probable

  The book’s contributor note states it; the All-Japan Naginata Federation has no record. No date.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  Title

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  The book’s contributor note states it; the All-Japan Naginata Federation has no record. No date.

  “She holds the hanshi certification from the All-Japan Naginata Federation, and teaches both atarashii naginata and Tendo-ryu in Tokyo.”

  — 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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