Isshin Kage Heiho-ke offers quiet, small-scale martial training focused on discipline, structure, and real application.
This is not a commercial dojo or drop-in class. Training is intentionally small, private, and deliberate.
What Is Taught
Foundations
- Posture, footwork, balance
- Breathing, timing, distance
- Movement with efficiency and safety
Sword Work
- Grip, draw, sheathing & control
- Solo forms (kata)
- Cutting lines, edge alignment
- Handling long blades responsibly
Partner Principles
- Safe contact & controlled impact
- Distance, timing, angle drills
- Joint manipulation & kuzushi (off-balancing)
- Atemi & pressure application
Mindset
- Etiquette, awareness, respect
- Calmness under pressure
- Responsibility for skill, action & outcome
Heiho — 兵法 (Samurai Methodology)
The curriculum reflects battlefield-rooted Japanese martial discipline:
- Taijutsu, weapons, and grappling principles
- Iaido & kenjutsu forms and combative usage
- Kuzushi, atemi, control and restraint
- Spiritual cultivation through craft, humility, and discipline
- Direct practicality for modern self-defense when applied with judgment
Training is not modified or diluted for sport or comfort.
It is taught as it was historically — with clarity, honesty, and no theatrics.
How Training Works
- Extremely small numbers — no open classes
- Quiet, focused sessions — no spectators
- No belt rankings, trophies, or ego pursuits
- Progress measured by discipline, presence, and attitude
- Adapted to physical ability, not modern performance standards
This is a slow style to grow in — old, direct, unfiltered.
Who This Is For
- Mature teens – Adults seeking traditional martial discipline
- Students who value structure over display
- Individuals willing to sweat, learn slowly, and train sincerely
Not suited for children.
Not for belt-chasing.
Not for ego.
This style is for those who pursue skill, character, and refinement — not recognition.
Inquiries
Training details (schedule, location, expectations) are shared only after direct contact.
If you feel drawn to this path, please inquire respectfully and introduce yourself.