Toronto Niten Kai Kenjutsu Dojo

Specialties

Welcome to Toronto Niten Kai.

We are a group dedicated to teaching Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu Kenjutsu in Toronto, Canada.

Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu is a style of Kenjutsu or classical Japanese swordsmanship. Kenjutsu refers to sword fighting techniques which were developed and practiced by the samurai prior to 1868. Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu is distinguished by sharp, dynamic, direct techniques and its concurrent use of two swords — long and short.

Miyamoto Musashi (1584 – 1645), founder of this style, was one of the greatest swordsmen and martial artists in Japanese history. He is said to have fought over 60 duels without ever facing defeat. His «Book of Five Rings,» well known in Japan as well as abroad, is a classic text on military strategy and philosophy.

We began our training under Iwami Toshio Sensei, 11^th Seito Soke (headmaster of the officially recognized main school of the style) and continue to train under Kajiya Takanori Sensei, 12^th Seito Soke. The headquarters is located in Kitakyushu

History

Established in 2001.

Toronto Niten Kai was established in 2001 by Reg Sakamoto. His students

Jason Nip (began training in 2005)

Shu Ito (began training in 2005)

Pavel Rankin (began training in 2007)

They have been teaching since 2010

Meet the Manager

Jason N.

Manager

Jason began training in Yoshinkan Aikido in 1999 with Reg Sakamoto Sensei and also became a student of Mits Karasawa Sensei, Alan Shumak Sensei, and Takeshi Kimeda Sensei. In 2004 he began training in Daito-​ryu Aikijujutsu with Creagh Dermot Sensei and returned to Toronto in 2005 and began training in Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu with Reg Sakamoto. In 2009 he traveled to Japan to train with Iwami Soke and began teaching Niten Ichi Ryu in 2010.