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戸山流備前会を知る

旧陸軍における歩兵戦技の研究と教官養成を行う陸軍戸山学校において、日本古来の剣術をもとに20年をかけて制定された軍刀操法が始まり。
当時、抜刀後の攻防の実技は軍刀術（両手軍刀術・片手軍刀術）で訓練していたが、抜刀や納刀などの軍刀の取り扱いに習熟した者が少なく、特に刀を納める動作に不手際の多い状況から、短期速成的に軍刀の基礎的操法を習得できるように制定されることとなった。

The Military Sword Manipulation Method was established over a period of 20 years based on ancient Japanese swordsmanship at the Army’s Toyama School for the study of infantry warfare techniques and the training of instructors in the former Army.
At that time, the practical skills of attack and defense after drawing the sword were trained in military swordsmanship (two-handed and one-handed military swordsmanship), but few people were proficient in handling military swords, including sword drawing and sword retention, and many were particularly inept at sword retention.

日本古来の居合は座位からの技が型であったが、戸山流は 野戦場での実戦を想定しているが故に、立ったまま抜き、斬突する。 戸山流居合は、その発想において最も単純明快な『敵に勝つ』ことを最大の狙いとして制定された。旧陸軍が消滅した際に、戸山学校の歴史も閉じたが武道解禁後に文化遺産として継承発展され現代に息づいている。
全世界の居合道の結論、最新で最後の居合道が戸山流である。

The ancient Japanese iai style was based on techniques from a seated position, but the Toyama style is designed for actual battle in the field, and therefore, the techniques are performed while standing. Toyama-ryu iai was established with the primary aim of “defeating the enemy,” which is the simplest and clearest concept in its conception. The history of the Toyama School closed when the former army ceased to exist, but after the lifting of the martial arts ban, it was passed on and developed as a cultural heritage that lives on in the present day.
Toyama School is the conclusion of Iaido in the world, and the latest and last Iaido in the world.