Meifu Shinkage-ryū

Meifu Shinkage-ryū (jap. 明府真影流) is a modern Shurikenjutsu-School, which was founded in the 1970s by Chikatoshi Someya (染谷親俊, Someya Chikatoshi). Its roots could mainly be found in the Shurikenjutsu of Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū (天真正伝香取神道流).

Description

The Meifu Shinkage-ryū (明府真影流^?) is a modern school of Shuriken Jutsu. It was founded by Dr. Chikatoshi Someya (染谷親俊, Someya Chikatoshi^?) in the 1970s. Someya was a student of Yoshio Sugino of the Katori Shintō-ryū, although the throwing style used in Meifu Shinkage-ryū is different. Someya refined the Katori style of throwing, making it shorter, faster and more concealed.

The Meifu Shinkage-ryū is a small school of about 30 students who train in Tokyo, Japan under the instruction of the present Sōke, Yasuyuki Ôtsuka. This school is almost entirely composed of students of other martial arts schools. Ôtsuka welcomes students from any art or country. He calls himself a "shuriken teacher and researcher." There is a specific kind of shuriken called a Meifu Shinkage-ryū shuriken, but Ôtsuka teaches and students will often practice throwing shuriken from many different schools, most of which are now extinct.

Techniques

Shuriken Jutsu

• Kamae
  • Shizentai
  • Chudan no Kamae
  • Gedan no Kamae
  • Jodan no Kamae

• Waza
  • Shomen Uchi
  • Gyaku Uchi
  • Dosoku Uchi
  • Shitate Uchy
  • Za Uchi
  • Aruki Uchi
  • Hashiri Uchi
  • Ne Uchi

Fundo Kusari

• Kamae
  • Fuko
  • Zanshin
  • Osame
  • Hikitori

• Waza
  • Metsubushi
  • Yokomen Uchi
  • Yokoichi Monji
  • Kesa Uchi
  • Hachinoji Uchi

Dojos

• Japan: Tokyo (Hombu Dojo), Osaka
• USA: Dallas, Texas and Santa Clara, California
• Spain
• Germany Bremen
• Finland
• Belgium

References

• Someya, Chikatoshi (1982) Shuriken-Jutsu Nyumon ISBN 4-7502-0140-5
• Someya, Chikatoshi (1985) Kakushibuki-Jutsu Nyumon
• Someya, Chikatoshi (1987) Shuriken-Jutsu ISBN 4-7502-0181-2
• Someya, Chikatoshi (2001) Shuriken-Jutsu ISBN 4-7502-0257-6
• Someya, Chikatoshi (2004) Shuriken Giho ISBN 4-7502-0262-2

• Ôtsuka, Yasuyuki (2004) Shuriken Jutsu no Susume ISBN 4-89422-700-2
• Ôtsuka, Yasuyuki (2010) How to learn Meifu Shinkage-ryu
• Ôtsuka, Yasuyuki (2011) Meifu Shinkage Ryu - Fundô-kusarijutsu & Shurikenjutsu ISBN 978-3-924862-24-4

• Interview with Sōke Yasuyuki Ôtsuka by Thomas Feldmann in the German martial arts magazine Toshiya No. 1, 2010
• Meifu Shinkage Ryu Shurikenjutsu Suomessa Bodo-Magazine Budoka No. 1, 2009 (Finnish)

DVDs and Videos

• Someya, Chikatoshi (1987) Meifu-Shinkage-ryu Shuriken Jutsu
• Someya, Chikatoshi (1992) Shurikenjutsu and Kusarijutsu
• Ōtsuka, Yasuyuki (2004) Hiden! Shurikenjutsu

External links

• Meifu Shinkage Ryu Official Homepage (Englisch)
• Meifu Shinkage Ryu Official Homepage (Japanese)
• Meifu Shinkage-ryu Keikokai Bremen
• Meifu Shinkage-ryu Keikokai California
• Meifu Shinkage-ryu Finland
• Meifu Shinkage-ryu Great Brittain