was a Japanese fencer and author of the Kensetsu ("Discourse on Swords").Kenji Tokitsu, Musashi Miyamoto; Miyamoto Musashi: His Life and Writings, Shambhala, 2004, p. 79 He founded the Chukō Shingan Ryū, an offshoot of the Shingan school,Minoru Kiyota; Kendō: its philosophy, history, and means to personal growth, Kegan Paul International, 1995, p. 64 and emphasised the use of a shorter-than-normal sword.Kenji Tokitsu, Budo: Ki and the sense of combat, Disfruto y Hago, 2007, p. 105 (in Spanish) Gyozo is credited with developing the concept of the bugei juhappan (the "eighteen martial arts").
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