NAKAMURA RYU BATTO DO   Nakamura developed Batto Do while teaching kenjutsu in northern China. He was inspired by the idea that the eiji happō (the eight principles of writing kanji) could be applied to swordsmanship. He began to organize his understandings into a system of practical swordsmanship in which non-martial techniques were discarded (much like the … Continue reading NAKAMURA RYU BATTO DO