Sawada Hanae

Japan
Born 1917
5.4

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)

  • 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
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    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)

  • 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

Sources

“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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