Description

American practitioner and teacher of classical Japanese martial arts, in Japan from 1973; member of Shinto Muso-ryu, Toda-ha Buko-ryu, Tendo-ryu and Yagyu Shinkage-ryu, and a student of Sawada Hanae in Tendo-ryu from 1976.

Teachers (2)

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  Sawada Hanae

  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

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  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
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  Shimizu Takaji

  swordsShindō Musō-ryū Probable

  Probable

  His own account (Koryu Books author page); 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

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  His own account (Koryu Books author page); one side.

  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

Lineage

• Tendō-ryū Sawada Hanae ← Mitamura Chiyo · 2 generations
• Shindō Musō-ryūShimizu Takaji ← Shiraishi Hanjirō Shigeaki ← Hirano Kichizo Yoshinobu · 3 generations

Sources