wooden sword that Musashi made himself, with which he trained and used as a walking stick during the last years of his life, today in possession of the city of Usa's Shinto Shrine. Dispute The Gosho-ha Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū disputed the lineage claiming that Iwami Toshio Gensho is the sole legal representative of Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū until 2007. Miyagawa Yasutaka established a line of Niten Ichi-ryū that continues to practice and thrive in the Kansai region of Japan. Miyagawa Yasutaka and Kiyonaga Tadanao were both students of Aoki Kikuo during the same period. This "Kansai" line, currently under 10th Headmaster Miyagawa Morito, is an alternate but equal lineage to the main line. Lineage The lineage to date is as follows: Shinmen Miyamoto Musashi-No-Kami Fujiwara no Genshin 新免宮本武蔵守藤原玄信 Terao Motome-no-suke Nobuyuki 寺尾求馬助信行 Terao Goemon Katsuyuki 寺尾郷右衛門勝行 Yoshida Josetsu Masahiro 吉田如雪正広 Santo Hikozaemon Kyohide 山東彦左衛門清秀 Santo Hanbe Kiyoaki 山東半兵衛清明 Santo Shinjuro Kiyotake 山東新十郎清武 Aoki Kikuo Hisakatsu 青木規矩男久勝 Kiyonaga Tadanao Masami / Miyagawa Yasutaka Imai Masayuki Nobukatsu / Miyagawa Morito (Current) Iwami Toshio Gensho/ Kiyonaga Fumiya / Chin Kin (Taiwan) Kajiya Takanori (successor of Iwami Toshio Gensho) / Yoshimochi Kiyoshi (successor of Kiyonaga Fumiya) Yoshomochi Kiyoshi died on 4 January 2020 leaving no successor as stated on his own home page. 後継者の指名はなかった。 Techniques Today the following sets of techniques and forms are transmitted: 1) Tachi Seiho (太刀勢法) Twelve techniques with long sword: 指先 Sassen 八相左 Hasso Hidari 八相右 Hasso Migi 受流左 Uke Nagashi Hidari 受流右 Uke Nagashi Migi 捩構 Moji Gamae 張付 Haritsuke 流打 Nagashi Uchi 虎振 Tora Buri 数喜 Kazuki 合先打留 Aisen Uchidome 余打 (アマシ打）Amashi Uchi 2) Kodachi Seiho (小太刀勢法) Seven techniques with a short sword: 指先 Sassen 中段 Chudan 受流 Uke Nagashi 捩構 Moji Gamae 張付 Haritsuke 流打 Nagashi Uchi 合先 Aisen 3) Nito Seiho (二刀勢法) Five techniques with two swords corresponding to the five forms in the Water Scroll: 中段 Chudan 上段 Jodan 下段 Gedan 左脇構 Hidari Waki Gamae 右脇構 Migi Waki Gamae 4) Bōjutsu—Twenty techniques with a long staff bō(including techniques Bō Vs Bō and Bō Vs sword). 5) Aikuchi roppo, both. 6) Jitte to jutsu—Five techniques against a sword. References Further reading Iwami Toshio Harukatsu soke, 11th successor in Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu: "Masters are needles, students are threads", Karate-Bushido February 2011, ed. Européenne de Magazines, original text in French "Musashi's principles", Dragon no. 13, January 2006, ed. Mathis; French original text: Les principes de Musashi "Musashi's teachings –