Gaius Julius Caesar
Black Belt
The lines get blured which is a good thing IMO if you care about combat effectivness and making it work for you.
If you are in a Koryu or your dead set on presserving someone's teachings then lineage, names and technical correctness matters a great deal.
If I was lucky enough to study a true Koryu, then in that Dojo I would strictly adhere to the teachings and terms, as you are trying to preserve something and get a touch of the past.
The closest I have come to that is Daito Ryu, which is not a Koryu but comes from them. Plus Icho Yama Ryu, from which we came has alot of Takenouchi Ryu in it, at least when Kiyama Sensei (Head of Daito Ryu Kodo Kai in the US also a Takenouchi Ryu Sensei) described it.
But even Koryus could be rather ecclectic in their time. Diane Skoss's Koryu books point this out. Lot's of founders studied this and then that, formed some of their own ideas, had their own expieriences and created a new art from there. It's just they might have done that in 1644.
Unless you are trying to train for history, you don't need to get hung up on it. I used to and then I realized it was a waste of time and breath better served towards my goals.
If you are in a Koryu or your dead set on presserving someone's teachings then lineage, names and technical correctness matters a great deal.
If I was lucky enough to study a true Koryu, then in that Dojo I would strictly adhere to the teachings and terms, as you are trying to preserve something and get a touch of the past.
The closest I have come to that is Daito Ryu, which is not a Koryu but comes from them. Plus Icho Yama Ryu, from which we came has alot of Takenouchi Ryu in it, at least when Kiyama Sensei (Head of Daito Ryu Kodo Kai in the US also a Takenouchi Ryu Sensei) described it.
But even Koryus could be rather ecclectic in their time. Diane Skoss's Koryu books point this out. Lot's of founders studied this and then that, formed some of their own ideas, had their own expieriences and created a new art from there. It's just they might have done that in 1644.
Unless you are trying to train for history, you don't need to get hung up on it. I used to and then I realized it was a waste of time and breath better served towards my goals.