Schools That Once Contained Kusarigama

The following is hack-translated from a Japanese source by me, so it is not be reliable and is probably not comprehensive.

流派 Ryuha

専門流派 Specialty schools
• 心鏡流 Shinkyo Ryu?
• 一心流（神道夢想流杖術に付属）Isshin Ryu (part of Shindo Muso Ryu)
• 山田流鎖鎌術（不遷流柔術に付属）Yamada Ryu? (part of Fusen Ryu)
• 二刀神影流（大正時代に創始）Nito Shinkage Ryu (founded Taisho period)
• 卜伝流（柳剛流剣術に併伝、伊勢の系統）Bokuden Ryu (Ryugo Ryu)
• 金輪流 Kanawa Ryu

流派内の武器術にあるもの Schools which include the weapon
• 正木流 Masaki Ryu
• 荒木流 Araki Ryu
• 竹内流 Takenouchi Ryu
• 渋川流 Shibukawa Ryu
• 渋川一流 Shibukawa Ichi Ryu
• 楊心流（薙刀術）Yoshin Ryu (Naginata Jutsu)
• 天道流 Tendo Ryu
• 戸田派武甲流薙刀術 Toda Ha Buko Ryu
• 駒川改心流 Komagawa Kaishin Ryu?
• 柳生心眼流 Yagyu Shingan Ryu
• 直猶心流（直心影流薙刀術に併伝）Jikishin Ryu (Jikishinkage Ryu Naginata)
• 気楽流 Kiraku Ryu

Spear (Yari) in Owari Kan Ryu 尾張貫流 (Kudayari & others)

Owari Kan ryū is known for its use of the kuda-yari (tube spear). The e (shaft) is run through a kuda (metal pipe) that’s in the front hand of the practitioner. Interestingly the school’s students start training by doing shiai (competition) and only after considerable training they learn the school's kata (forms). Most classical schools that practice shiai do so after learning kata. Thrusting using the kuda. Cross-stepping. Thrusting attack with kuda. Wide stance. Shiai. Shiai using a spear with a cross piece. The original demonstration from which these stills were taken is here:

The Structure of the Tenshinshoden Katori Shinto Ryu Syllabus

It should be noted that the current head, Otake Risuke, has commented that not all of the parts of Tenshinsho-den Katori Shinto Ryu survive. I recall his comments in various documentaries that Archery was once a component, and only some of the spear survives. Through various sources, mostly Otake's book, I have put together this brief outline of their syllabus, however I have little idea of the exact stage each is taught except that I believe the students start with Omote no Tachi. I will use this as the basis for further posts and may add to it over time. I believe their are important implications when Otake says that one of the main reasons for training all the weapons is to train the swordsman against them. Note in this section in brackets are my own comments and should therefore not be relied upon, those from the written work of Otake are clearly marked. Tenshinsho-den Katori Shinto Ryu -Kenjutsu (Otake lists Tachi, Ryuto and Kodachi under Kenjustsu) --Tachi (Use of the singl

Australia’s Turning Point – Signals Intelligence leading to the Battle of the Coral Sea

Australian/American Signals cooperation was not only important in stopping the Japanese advance to Australian shores but marked the beginning of Australia embedding its forces with the United States rather than simply furnishing troops for the British. Whilst the British, in my opinion , had a long history of using Commonwealth troops to either protect their colonial interests or to take on deployments with high expected rates of attrition, when Australia faced the real possibility of invasion with the vast majority of its troops and equipment deployed overseas, it was the Americans, whose interests in the Pacific aligned with our own, that were on hand to push the Japanese back from our shores. The Battle of the Coral Sea saw the beginnings of the deployment of Australian sea power under direct American command, a joint approach that would continue to the present time – it was, however, Signals Intelligence that led the way to the embedding of US/Australian forces and played a major

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