Hokushin Itto Ryu
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- Type: Kenjutsu
- Founder: Chiba Shusaku Shigemasa (1794 – 1855)
- Era: circa 1830
Chiba promoted a more spiritually minded art of sword fighting. This style used a straight bokken in kumitachi style training, which is considered the ancestor of the shinai used in modern Kendo. Followers of this style held competitions in which the bokken was used against a person armed with a naginata.
