Yoshin-ryu Naginata-jutsu - 42nd Japanese Kobudo Demonstration (2019)

Koyama Noriko Sensei and his students demonstrating Yoshin-ryu Naginata-jutsu during the 42nd Nihon Kobudo Embutaikai held at the Nippon Budokan on February 3rd, 2019. The event also commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Nihon Kobudo Kyokai. Yoshin-ryu was developed in the early Tokugawa period (c. 1660) by Akiyama Shirobei Yoshitoki. Yoshin-ryū Naginata-jutsu stemmed from Yoshin-ryū and specializes in techniques of Naginata, the Japanese halberd. In addition to the Naginata techniques, the school also