Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流) is 398 years old this year. Perhaps we should make efforts organise an event to celebrate its 400 anniversary in 2022.

Shinohara (2005) writes that:

"Fukuno Shichirōuemon Masakatsu, according to many materials, he was born in Naniwa (Ōsaka) and was the servant of Ōmi Kyōgoku. From an early stage, he learned the Yagyū Shinkage Ryū arts of war from Yagyū Sekishūsai Munetoshi and Tajima no Kami Munenori. Becoming an expert in its secrets, he mastered the jū no ri drawn from the ken no ri and, in Genna 8 (1622), he formed the style of Ryōi Shintō Ryū Jūjutsu."

Calligraphy for Ryōi Shintō-ryū - kindly brushed by Stephen Grayston.