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And Shuriken is oneway weapon, you can’t And beside Dan reanking, I set up the 5 of Kyu,

collect them during the actual battle. for the spread of MSR in foreign countries.

They do not want to lose it by the throwing out. You have different forms (kata) for the chain (kusa-
It seems that they used throwing stars in their ri). Are there also forms for the shuriken throwing?
hand as the arms of the grapple fight mainly.
Various Kata is a means for the student to ac-
Bo-Shuriken is easy to carry. And the cost quire the correct operation of arms. In Shuri-
is low because their production is easy. But, ken Jutsu, there are a lot of techniques.
thrusting it on the target, you need the high
technique Such as “Shomen-uchi” “Gyaku-uchi” “Shita-
te-uchi,” “Za-uhi,” and “Aruki-uhi” etc.
What ranking system is used in Meifu Shinkage
Ryu? “Shomen-uchi” is a basic way of Shuriken
throwing, and students most importantly prac-
Is it like a traditional menkyo-system or rather tice it.
a modern kyudan-system?
Otsuka Sensei, you are presently the head of Meifu
Originally, the rank of MSR is only four stages. Shinkage Ryu. Who was your teacher?
It is a very simple system, Shodan, Nidan, San-
dan, and Yodan. When Yodan is acquired, the My Shuriken teacher is Chikatoshi Someya
student obtaine the license of Shihan (mas- sensei who is founder of MSR.
ter). It takes about ten years, for the student
to be promoted to Shihan, if everything going Please tell us more about Someya Chikatoshi?
well. Over the Shihan, there is only Soke.
Someya sensei had been practicing Ken jutsu

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