Ono-ha Ittoryu is a traditional kenjutsu school (a sub-style of the Itto School) created around 1580 by Ono Tadaaki(1565-1628). Ono was a disciple of Ito Ittosai, who in turn founded the Ittoryu. Ono-ha Ittoryu was the Shogun’s kenjutsu school until the Meiji restoration (1868). The senior captains and commanders of the Tokugawa Shogun guards came from the Aizu clan that were taught this Kenjutsu stile.Takeda Sokaku (1860-1943) learned this sword style not from his family, but from Toma Shibuya in Aizu at the Yokikan dojo. Sokaku was named Aizu’s tengu for his formidable fencing ability (in feudal Japan a tengu was semi-god representing the apex level of ability in a specific art martial or classical as painting). Naturally Sokaku transmitted to his son Tokimune(1915-1993) his fencing knowledge, which, in turn taught Ono-ha Ittoryu kenjutsu to his disciples. Today at the dojo of Abashiri it is practiced in the traditional style of kumi-tachi, which is a particular manner of representing sword fighting in Japan. Students who train make use of bokuto (which is a wood imitation of the katana). The uchidachi (who is the student guiding the kata) wears thick gloves called "Onigote".

This is the technical program studied in our association (Takeda-den):