Nakayama Hakudo Sensei

Nakayama Hakudô (Hiromichi) was the 18th (and last) sôke in the Muso Shinden Ryû Gotô-ha line. He was born in Kanazawa city, Ishikawa-ken, on February 11th of the year Meiji 5th (1872), and passed away in 1958.
Around 1890 Nakayama moved to Tokyo, where became a member of Negishi Shingoro's Yûshinkan Dojo. There he studied Shindô Munen Ryû kenjutsu and kendô becoming the 7th headmaster of that ryûha.
Nakayma Hakudô was well known also in the Kendo world: he is said to be the only person to have received both jûdan (10 dan) and hanshi ranks in kendô, iaidô and jôdô from the All Japan Kendô Federation.
Nakayama-sensei studied both the Shimomura-ha of Tosa Iai under Hosokawa Yoshimasa and the Tanimura-ha under Morimoto Tokumi, and received a menkyo kaiden in Ômori Ryû and Hasegawa Eishin Ryû. Based on his extensive studies he formed his own style known today as Musô Shinden Ryû.