What Modern Martial Art. . .

[Shiro]

What modern martial art is most similer to sword fighting during the Sengoku Jidai? Or is there no modern equivalant? I was just wondering...
-Shiro

[Anssi Hakkinen]

Not only are there equivalents, but the very same arts are still being practiced today. Japanese traditions go back a *long* way.

For one example of a Sengoku (or, in this case, late Sengoku / early Edo) sword fighting style, try Yagyû Shinkage Ryû Kenjutsu.

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"The right use of the sword is that it should subdue the barbarians while lying gleaming in its scabbard. If it leaves its sheath it cannot be said to be used rightly."
- Tokugawa Ieyasu: Legacy

[Shiro]

Thanks Anssi Hakkinen! http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif
-Shiro