Part of the two ‘Ryōi Shintō Battō (sword drawing) mokuroku’ (良移心當抜刀目録). The pictures above show the mokuroku (scroll) and Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流) Shihan - Komito Kaizō Sensei (小見戸戒三 先生) performing 'Battō'(抜刀) / 'Iai' (居合) techniques at the 'Butokuden' (武徳殿) in Kyoto (京都), Japan during the 1950s.

Peter King was teaching Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流 柔術) at the 11th Kodōsai (古道祭) - Japanese Cultural Event seminar held in Basildon, Essex, U.K. on 5th & 6th October 2019.

Ryōi Shintō-ryū Wajutsu Taii (synopsis) (良移心當流和術大意) "It is good to move your heart when streaming and tricks."

Ryōi Shintō-ryū technique Obi Biki (帶引 - Belt Pull). From (早縄活法拳法教範圖解全)Hayanawa Kappō Kenpō Kyōhan Zukai ZenThe Fully Illustrated Teaching Methods of the Fist Method, Resuscitation and Rope Binding by Matsunosuke Iguchi 1898 Translated by Logan (JT) Weymouth (2017

Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流) Ate no maki (当之巻 - striking scroll) (courtesy of Takase Sensei)

Further to the subject of Kenpō (拳法) within Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流) and Kitō-ryū (起倒流t). This document is the 'Kenpō Jigō Tenshin Shodan Sōden' (拳法自剛天真初段相伝). It is a Jigō Tenshin-ryū densho (自剛天真流 伝書 ) from Fukuoka-han (福岡藩) during the Edo jidai period (江戸時代). The Jigō Tenshin-ryū densho (自剛天真流) is another name for the Ise Jitoku Tenshin-ryū […]

木體青色東圈形 (Wood body blue colour east, circle)金 體 白色西半月 (Metal body, white colour, west, half moon)火 體 赤色南三角 (Fire body, red colour, south, triangle)水體赤色北 圈形 (Water body, black colour, north, circle)土體黄色中四角 (Earth body, yellow colour, centre, square) 殺活 (Sakkatsu - Killing & Life i.e. Sappō 殺法 Killing Method & Kappō 活法 Life method / revival) […]

I had often wondered why there is so little Japanese mention of Ryōi Shintō-ryū in the post war era, with many of the other Koryū practitioners and organisations suggesting that it died out either during the late Edo (1603-1868) or early Meiji era (1868-1912). It now seems that I have an explanation. Many of Ryōi […]

It should also be appreciated the last part of the Ryōi Shintō-ryū - Menkyo Kaiden (免許皆伝) level is called "Jigo Nami Tenshin" (自剛並天真 - self hardening together with heavens truth) and thus even the name Jigō Tenshin-ryū (自剛天真流) is a direct reference to Ryōi Shintō-ryū. Shinohara (2005) describes this as follows: "(1) Fujita RokukenteiHe learned […]

Kamachi Genzaburo Shigenami (蒲池源三郎鎮浪 ) (1913 - 1999), was the 13th Dai Sōke of Kuroda Han, Yagyu Shinkage-Ryu, Heiho (黒田藩柳生新陰流兵法). He also studied Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (移心当流柔術) from his uncle Kamachi Shimizu (蒲池鎮義), who was Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu Meijin - Nakamura Hansuke's (中村半助) adopted child, also known as Nakamura Gentarou Zenyoshi 中村源太郎鎮義). Nakamura Hansuke's was […]

I believe that Kitō-ryū Jūjutsu (起倒流柔術) can be considered as a continuation or alternatively as a version of Fukuno Shichirouemon Masakatsu’s (福野七郎右衛門正勝) Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流 柔術). My reasoning is as follows: Kitō (起倒) can be read as ‘rising and falling’, one of the principles of the Ryōi Shintō-ryū Menkyo Kaiden (免許皆伝) level is ‘Henka […]

Kitō-ryū seems to have originally been a continuation, or version of the Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330426217_Kito-ryu_jujutsu_and_the_desolation_of_Kodokan_judo%27s_Koshiki-no-kata_-Remembering_Inoue_Shoji_1927-2018

I missed this makimono (scroll) at auction last year, but was fortunately able to take screenshots of the full document. So, I am very pleased that Eric Shahan has included a chapter on this document in his new book 'A Collection of Curious Jujutsu Manuals: Volume II' (2020). Eric has completed a full translation of […]