In the 9th Century, Emperor Seiwa ensured that his army and private guard were trained as highly skilled combatants. The lineage of classical Daitō ryū Aikibudo classes taught by Shihan Medhat Darwish extends to the martial art practice in which these samourai engaged. Within those ranks, the samourai Minamoto Yoshimitsu advanced the practices of this …
Iaidō is the Japanese martial art of drawing the sword from its sheath, striking, and re-sheathing. Practitioners train to respond immediately to an unexpected attack; however, the focus is on individual forms and rarely involves an opponent or partner. Iaidō classes are taught as part of an ancient heritage from a particular school, the Heiho …
The kenjutsu course is a discipline in martial arts that is part of the teaching of the Samurai. kenjutsu , which means “sword technique”, is a very ancient discipline taught by a recognized master. Only authorized masters can offer the kenjutsu course and thus transmit their techniques of kenjutsu , inspired by the era of …
The Koryukan School, located in LaSalle, offers a variety of martial arts classes including Samurai classes . These lessons are inspired by Samurai techniques used by feudal warriors in Japan; those warriors who were once called “Samurai”. Shihan Medhat Darwish Koshin is 12th generation Shihan from the lineage of Miyamoto Musashi, founder of Heiho Niten …
