To my discerning eye different styles stood out. Something as basic as a center stance with sword positioned forward the many variations were obvious. One style had the sword pointed at the opponent’s forearm. Another style had this same sword positioned towards the opponent’s stomach or perhaps fixated on his eyes. Additional styles pointed the tip of the sword to the opponent’s throat. It was, for me, particularly interesting to witness and participate in adapting and emulating an older koryu style one day and then practicing a modern gendai style the next.  Many students from the Tokyo area practiced Muso Shinden-ryu, which is considered an older style or Toyama-ryu, a
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