Vintage Budo (1930 – 1940)

Yagyu Shingan-ryu Kacchu Heiho – 37th Nippon Kobudo Embutakai at the Nippon Budokan Source: GuillaumeErard.com – Aikido and Life in...

Learning Yagyu Shinkage Ryu — Basic Body Movements of Edo-Period Samurai Source: tmme1234

Naginata – Tokyo Budokan Demonstration 2012 Source: GuillaumeErard.com – Aikido and Life in Japan

These Photographs were taken in the final days of the samurai class, before its abolition in 1867. It should...

Haga Junichi: Genius Swordsman of the Showa Kendo World Rare footage, plus old-style Kendo footage. Source: GekikenORG

Tatsumi-ryū Heihō Iai and Naginata jutsu Source: AKASHIKA

Wado-ryu Jujutsu Kempo demonstration by Otsuka Hironori II at the 37th Nippon Kobudo Embutakai held at the Nippon Budokan....

Samurai gun demonstration at Meiji Shrine on Bunka-no-Hi (Culture Day). Guns came to Japan in 1543 brought by Portuguese...