Hanshi Mitsuhiro Saruta is the soke (head master) of the Ryu Sei Ken sword system and president of the International Batto Do Association from Osaka, Japan and the Ni Dai Soke of Najamura Ryu Happogiri Batto Do.
Saruta Sensei was born February 3, 1952 the year of the dragon. At the age of ten he studied Kendo, Iaido and combined the systems. At the age of seventeen he moved to Osaka, Japan. At that time there was no place that
actually did test cutting, so Saruta Sensei began to cut on his own. He then met Taisaburo Nakamura in the mid 1980's. He learned very quickly and achieved the status of 8th Dan indicative to his extraordinary abilities in swordsman ship. Nakamura granted Saurta Sensei 2nd Soke
of the Najamura Ryu naming Saurta head of All Japan Shizan Kai for four years. Then in 1993 Saruta Sensei formalized the techniques of Ryu Sei Ken and founded the International Batto Do Shizan Association.
Saurta Sensei wanted to introduce traditional Japanese Bushido and spread real Budo to the world. Its presently known as International Batto Do Shizan Association Ryu Sei Ken.
Eishin Ryu Iaido
Hayashizaki Jinsuke Minamoto Shigenobu is the founder of Eishin Ryu who lived between 1546 and 1621. He grow up during the a period of constant warfare in Japan and was exposed to various sword fighting methods from an early
age. History states he went to Yamagata Prefecture to pray for guidance and received divine inspiration for a new way of drawing the sword. In his middle age he established his own style of swordsman ship and called it Shimmei Muso Ryu (Divinely Inspired, Unparalleled Style).
Which is the samurai's way of face to face combat. Iaijustu begins in the scabbard, killing an opponent with one stroke of the sword, flipping the blade and returning the sword to the scabbard. Hayashizaki Iaido sword style has had many names since passed down from 450 years ago
from student to teacher. His Iaido is the foundation for the two major styles practiced today: Eishin Ryu and Muso Shinden Ryu Iaido.
