Welcome to the Kaze Arashi Ryu main organization website. We represent the branch schools/clubs of the Kaze Arashi Ryu, teaching their traditional Japanese martial arts, or bujutsu, under the guidance of licensed (menkyo) instructors.

The system known today as Kaze Arashi Ryu (Wind Storm Tradition) is a tradition based on oral and written techniques transmitted by the previous head instructors of Kazemura Yama Arashi Ryu, Takichi Ono Nishiyama and Leonard Samuel Marshall. Nishiyama trained in Kazemura Yama Arashi Ryu and it was this tradition that was passed on to Leonard Samuel Marshall and Rene Barjaval. Leonard Samuel Marshall learned the art from the Nishiyama family and instructed Henri-Robert Vilaire directly, along with Rene Barjaval. The tradition is organized into several arts as follows: