Kuroda
Tetsuzan, sensei of the Shinbukan Kuroda Dojo, is the Soke
of several ancient Samurai military disciplines. Kuroda
sensei inherited this knowledge through his family line,
and is the headmaster of the Kuroda family martial legacy.
The arts that he has inherited include:
Kuroda
sensei began his training at the age of 5 and was trained
by both his father and his grandfather Kuroda Yasuji. Komagawa
Kaishin ryu kenjutsu was founded by Komagawa Tarouzaemon-kunikichi.
Kaishin is composed of two words kai and shin. Kai means change
and shin means mind or spirit. Kaishin means changed mind
or spirit. This style of kenjutsu was founded 450 years ago.
Kuroda
Tetsuzan is an outstanding swordsman in the Japanese tradition.
He is almost magically fast at iaijitsu. These abilities come
from training from a very early age in a system that has a
very sophisticated theories and operating system. As in a
classical Samurai bugei Shishin-Takuma ryu jujitsu integrates
with the kenjitsu. It is a very soft subtle form of Jujitsu
which would be called by many a very sophisticated aiki application.
Kuroda sensei does not use the word aiki. When this word was
becoming popular his grandfather Yasuji felt that all jujitsu
should be that subtle and there was no need for a word to
describe it.
When
training with Kuroda sensei several arts are studied the kenjitsu,
iaijitsu, and jujitsu which have been mentioned also included
are the jo and the jutte. Mental training is an integral part
of the training regardless of weapon used. Kuroda sensei is
dedicated to keeping these ancient Samurai tradtions alive
in the modern world.
