“The study and cultivation of culture and philosophy, and having a heart of ‘evil dispelling light’ is essential.” “One must have a flower’s heart and honesty, which should be as clean-cut and straight as a blade that cuts through a bamboo stalk.” “Allow your heart to grow the power to solve all of life’s problems.” […]

“Some people are aware of their physical strength and consider themselves strong. Others have no confidence in their own strength and feel that they are weak. However, physical strength and weakness are both important. Strength can be seen as one’s father and weakness is one’s mother. Sine both father and mother are important, so too […]

起倒流柔術捕方之大旨KITŌ RYŪ JUJUTSU TORIKATA NO OOMUNEThe Main Principles of the Capturing Methods of the Jujutsu of Kitō-ryūTranslated by Logan (J.T.) Weymouth (2018). p.21 - Kitō Ryū Tōka Mondō No Naka Mekigaki 起倒流燈火問答の中抜書Excerpts From The Kitō-ryū Torch-Lamp That Illuminates Questions and Answers Generally with the arts of the sword and spear together, the practitioners insist on […]

From the research paper: 'Ryōi Shintō Ryū Wajutsu' by Shinohara Shin’ichi. Publ. Tenri University (2005) (Translated from Japanese into English) "In a decisive match between the Kōdōkan and the Police Department in Meiji 20 (1887), Nakamura Hansuke (Ryōi Shintō Ryū) of the Police Department and Yokoyama Sakujirō of the Kōdōkan fought based on the rules […]

Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流) founder Fukuno Shichirouemon Masakatsu (福野七郎右衛門正勝) studied ‘Torite no jutsu’ (捕手の術 – hand taking) & ‘Kenpō’ (拳法 – fist striking method) from Southern Shaolin Monastery (南少林 ‘Nan-Shaolin’) Chinese monk Chin Genpin (陳元贇). I would advise readers to follow this link to read Wayne Muromoto's article on Chin Gempin on the The Martial Arts […]

Again further to my previous post (of 21st May 2020), regarding the Nakamura Hansuke's matches against the Takeuchi Santō-ryū (竹内三統流). In 1881, when Nakamura fought Yano Koji and pinned him using 'kami-shiho gatame' (上四方固 – upper four quarters hold). Yano cheated by biting Nakamura’s in the chest. One of Nakamura's later oppenent's Yokoyama Sanjiro, (who […]

Further to my previous post (of 21st May 2020), regarding the Nakamura Hansuke's matches against the Takeuchi Santō-ryū (竹内三統流). Here are a series of pictures showing the 6th technique of the Sente (専手 - Initial Techniques) called 'Kiri Otoshi' (切 落 - cutting down / lopping off) of the Takeuchi Santō-ryū Kogusoku Koshimawari (竹内三統流 小具足腰廻) […]

Kanō Jigorō (嘉納 治五郎), who was the founder of Kōdōkan Jūdō (講道館 柔道) had previously trained in Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū Jūjutsu(天神真楊流柔術) and Kitō-ryū Jūjutsu (起倒流柔術), which was a derivative of Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流柔術). The 'Shin-tō wa mokuroku jo' (神当和目録序) document from the Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流) Nagahama (長浜) line, describes this technique as Ō-goshi (大腰 - […]

Meiji era Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流) Jūjutsu champion, Nakamura Hansuke (中村半助) was born on 16th November 1846, in Kushihara Town, Kurume domain (now Fukuoka Prefecture) on the Southern Island of Kyushu, JapanFrom a young age, Nakamura learned Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu at the Shimosaka Saizō dōjō (下坂才蔵の道場) in Kushihara.During his career, Nakamura fought several matches against the […]

The original book 'The Police Officer's Essential Illustrated Guide - Kenpō' was written by Hisatomi Tetsutarō. Prior to the Meiji Restoration (1868), Nakamura & Uehara Shōgo (上原庄吾) of the Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流), Hisatomi Tetsutarō (の久富鉄太郎) of the Sekiguchi-ryū (関口流), (Shibukawa-ryū 渋川流), and Naka Danzo (仲段蔵) of the Sekiguchi Shinshin-ryū (関口新々流) were known as the Shiten'nō […]

Comparing the techniques from: ‘Kitō Yūshin: Jūjutsu Hiden Zukai' (起倒雄心:柔術秘傳圖解) ‘The Illustrated Secrets of Kitō heroic-spirit Jujutsu’ by Yokono Shinji (1894) with those of the Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流柔術).

Comparing the techniques from: ‘Kitō Yūshin: Jūjutsu Hiden Zukai' (起倒雄心:柔術秘傳圖解) ‘The Illustrated Secrets of Kitō heroic-spirit Jujutsu’ by Yokono Shinji (1894) with those of the Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流柔術).

Comparing the techniques from: ‘Kitō Yūshin: Jūjutsu Hiden Zukai' (起倒雄心:柔術秘傳圖解) ‘The Illustrated Secrets of Kitō heroic-spirit Jujutsu’ by Yokono Shinji (1894) with those of the Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流柔術).

27th & 28th April 2019, a two day Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流 柔術) seminar in Oldham, Greater Manchester taught by Peter King - Menkyo Kaiden. Sadly, due to the coronavirus crisis, we have not been able to conduct a follow-up course in 2020.

Further to my previous post, we can also compare the Kitō-ryū technique ‘Ude Dome’ (腕止メ - to stop the arm) from the 'Hayanawa Kappō Kenpō Kyōhan Zukai Zen' (早縄活法拳法教範圖解全) by Matsunosuke Iguchi (井口松之助著述) - (1898) with a similar Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流) waza, this time rising up from seiza, as demonstrated by James Shortt Sensei in […]

It is interesting to see the first picture, which is a Kitō-ryū technique from ‘Kitō Yushin Jūjutsu Hiden Kai’ (起倒雄心柔術秘傳解 - ‘An Explanation of the Secret Techniques of the Kitō Yushin School’) by Tahara Shūme (田原主馬) in Meiji (明治) 38 (1905) - Included within ‘A Collection of Curious Jujutsu Manuals’ Volume II by Eric Shhan […]