Akodo Ikuo

Akodo Ikuo was the son of the Lion Clan Champion Akodo Toru. Ikuo was the new champion after his father retired in the early 6th century.

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Toru dove into learning he unarmed combat styles of the Brotherhood, and Ikuo asked his father if these unarmed style might be incorporated into the Lion's own kenjutsu. Toru devised a fighting style known simply as 'the art of the sword' which granted bushi a chance to defend themselves with their free hand or the hilt of a blade while pressed into close quarters,.