Tennen Rishin-ryu
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Tennen Rishin-ryu (天然理心流 Tennen Rishin ryū) was a sword style practiced by the Shinsengumi.
Founded by Kondo Uchikuranosuke, the style was popularized by Kondo Isami. This style, like other koryu arts, teaches kenjutsu, bojutsu, and aikijutsu. Tennen Rishin-ryū was particularly suited to group fighting techniques. Kondo Isami, the captain of the Shinsengumi, studied it at the Hombu dojo in Tama and brought it with him to Kyoto. Noted practicioners were Hijikata Toshizo, Inoue Genzaburo, and the famous prodigy Okita Soji Kaneyoshi, who at the age of sixteen, became one of the strongest swordsmen in the Shinsengumi. Tennen Rishin-ryū is still practiced today, among other koryu.