Budo
The Machita clan served under the Tokugawa Shogunate and are a respected Samurai family. On the maternal side, the Tagyu Clan has served under the Aizu Clan. After being defeated in the Saccho Aizu Boshin War, the predecessors of the Machita Clan fled to Hitachinaka (modern Ibaragi prefecture) Sukegawa and developed Bugei Ryu Sogo Budo, his system of classical Japanese martial arts, now known as the Enbukan.
Machita Kenshinsai, Sensei, together with his son Machita Takeshi, Soshihan (master and successor), run The Enbukan World Organization in Nodashi, Japan. Kancho, as he likes to be called, is Soke of many of these schools and holds the rank of menkyo kaiden in those that he is not. The Enbukan schools are hereditary and were passed to Machita Kancho by his father.
Machita Takeshi, Soshihan, trains, teaches, and functions as the senior instructor of the Enbukan and is dedicated to teaching and training in the traditional koryu methods of budo (martial way). The emphasis is to accurately pass on the realistic and practical traditions of budo.
Machita Kancho, is also a Shingon Priest and Machita Takeshi, Soshihan, is in training.
As of December 2023, Soke Machita has passed away. His son Takeshi is now the Soke and taking the art into the future.
Although sword fighting is no longer practiced today, the principles of swordfighting apply in our everyday life, in addition to enhancing and providing an underpinning for any other martial art we may study.
The focus in battojutsu is to address directly what is needed, to use utmost precision and speed; the practice of cutting straight and cutting fast. Awareness is heightened, skills are honed through kata, partner practice and tameshigiri (target cutting). The necessity of balance, posture and positioning become obvious. Emphasis is placed on extremely quick draw (nukiuchi), cutting (giri), and sheathing (noto). Sword training in the Enbukan emphasizes application and correct understanding of the historical principles of the school, as well as the esoteric or spiritual elements that come with long-term training.
The philosophy is one of experiencing the sword as one with the self, an extension of the body – mind. The development of spirit is critical in the uniting of body and mind to achieve accuracy of intention, projection of energy, unification with the center and the deep will to survive.
Enbukan Dachau
Dachau, Germany
Joerg Sedler
http://www.ninpo-dachau.de/#p4
Enbukan Neu-Ulm
Neu Ulm, Germany
Juergen Bieber
http://www.bujinkanfuryu.de/
Grandmaster Takeshi Machita