Currently Jigen ryū is located in Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan and is led by Togo Shigenori (12th generation headmaster and successor to the school)
The Shimazu family weapon is a circle with a cross in it, where circle is said to represent the skull; the vertical stripe “Ichigeki Hassatsu” (one stroke, one kill) from Jigen ryū and the horizontal line is the imprint of the own sword that tried to parry but failed.
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This article is part of a growing index of classical martial art schools. The purpose of these articles is to provide background information for the budō-students of Kochōkai. Because of the introducing character of these articles, they will only touch the surface of each school.
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