Niten Ichi-ryū
| Traditional Japanese martial art | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū | ||
| Founder(s) | ||
| Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵 | 1584–1645 | |
| Date founded | ||
| Early Edo period | Founded between 1604–1640 | |
| Current headmaster | ||
| There are three successors.*Kajiya Takanori: 12th generation (after Iwami Toshio Genshin) *Musashi Chen (Taiwan): 11th generation *Yoshimoti Kiyoshi: 12th generation (after Kiyonaga Fumiya) | ||
| Arts taught | ||
|---|---|---|
| Japanese name | Description | Niten Ichi-ryu designation |
| Kenjutsu 剣術—odachi, kodachi | Sword art—Long and short sword | Tachi/Kodachi Seiho |
| Kenjutsu—odachi, kodachi | Sword art—Long and short sword used together | Nito Seiho |
| Aikuchi | Aikuchi roppo | |
| Juttejutsu—Jutte | Truncheon art | Jitte to jutsu |
| Bōjutsu棒術—Bō | Staff art | Bo jutsu |
| Jōdō | Staff art | Jo jutsu |
Hyohō Niten Ichi-ryū (兵法 二天 一流), which can be loosely translated as "the school of the strategy of two heavens as one", is a koryū (ancient school), transmitting a style of classical Japanese swordsmanship conceived by Miyamoto Musashi. Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū is mainly known for the two-sword—katana and wakizashi—kenjutsu techniques Musashi called Niten Ichi (二天一, "two heavens as one") or Nitō Ichi (二刀一, "two swords as one").