Meiji-era sabre ryu? (not gunto)

[Fred27]

After the Samurai vanished (1878) and before the introduction of the more modern katana for the Imperial Armed Forces (gunto), the Army/navy used the western style sabre. I was wondering if any sabre fencing school is preserved to this day? Were there any Imperial Army ryu created during this period for the sabre? Such as the later Toyama-ryu were made for the new gunto?

[Ookami7]

Hey Fred, good question. Got a friend over here that does the western style fencing. I`ll try to pm him and see if I can get him to check around. Thanks for the congrads:D

[Kendoguy9]

The imperial saber method was something like sport saber of the time done with shinai and bogu. Over at Kenshi247.net they have a great translation of the 1909 Kenjutsu Kyohan by Isaac Meyer: http://kenshi247.net/blog/2010/04/12/kenjutsu-kyohan-part-1-guntojutsu/ There are other parts on jukenjutsu and jobaguntojutsu (mounted fencing). Good stuff!