Following a distinguished military career as a fencing instructor, master swordsman Taisaburo Nakamura rationalized the military sword method he had taught for the Toyama Academy and from it distilled the method that bears his name. This is an excellent record of the style as it was in 1985, since which time some technical developments have occurred. Contents: Happo No Kamae (The Eight Stances)
Happogiri (Eight Directional cutting);
Hasshu no Notto (The Eight Methods of Reheating the Sword);
Toyama Ryu Kata (The Eight Sword Forms of the Toyama Military Academy)
Kumitachi (Training with A Partner)
Nakamura Ryu Kata (The Eight Sword Drills Devised by Taizaburo Nakamura from the Toyama Academy forms)
Tameshigiri (Test Cutting hard Targets with the Japanese Sword). System: NTSC
Ref # TC31
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