Although not directly related to Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流 柔術). Mochizuki Minoru (望月 稔) was a very interesting figure in 20th Century Japanese Martial Arts. He was a; 10th dan in Aikidō, 9th dan in Nihon Jūjutsu (IMAF), 8th dan in Iaidō (Musō Shinden-ryū - 夢想神伝流), 8th dan in Jūdō, 8th dan in Kobudō (Katori […]
Ryōi Shintōkai
良移心当会
Nakamura Hansuke (中村半助) & Uehara Shōgo (上原庄吾) - Tōkyō Metropolitan Police Department Jūjutsu Shihan
In Meiji 15 (1882) the Metropolitan Police Department (Keishichō 警視廳) in Tōkyō, sent a letter to the famous Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu teacher Shimosaka Saizō (下坂才蔵) in Kushihara, Kurume and as a result Shimosaka recommended the following teachers to form the Metropolitan Police Department Jūjutsu Shihan (teachers) group: Hisatomi Tetsutarō (久富鉄太郎) of the Sekiguchi-ryū (関口流) Naka […]
Ryōi Shintō-ryū from the Shinkage-ryū (新陰流) ‘Tsuki no Sho’ (月之抄 - volume of the moon). Written by Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi (柳生 十兵衞 三厳) (circa 1642)
(Translated by Logan Weymouth) "Yawara no koto (和之事 the matter of harmony - Yawara was an older term for Jūjutsu)" It mentions "Konoichi-ryū Ryōi Shintō-ryū Yawara" (此一流良移心当流和 - this first class Ryōi Shintō-ryū Yawara) "This comes from the Mokuroku Catalog of Shichirōzaemon Takumi (Fukuno). This particular school is called Ryōi Shintō-ryū, Yawara. This employs the […]
'Seigō ryū Nawa Maki Densho: Binding Techniques of Seigō ryū' by Todd Schweinhart (2020)
Seigō ryū Yawara (制剛流和) was founded by Isogai Jirōemon, who was a student of Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流) founder - Fukuno Shichirouemon Masakatsu (福野七郎右衛門正勝). As a student of Fukuno, Isogai also trained in Chinese Kenpō (拳法 – fist striking method) and Torite-no-jutsu (捕手の術 hard taking) with Chin Genpin (陳元贇). Koryū teacher and author - Todd Schweinhart […]
Seigō-ryū (制剛流)
The founder of Seigō ryū - Isogai Jirōemon was a student of Fukuno Shichirouemon Masakatsu (福野七郎右衛門正勝), who was the founder of Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流). As a student of Fukuno, Isogai also trained in Chinese Kenpō (拳法 – fist striking method) and Torite-no-jutsu (捕手の術 hard taking) from Chin Genpin (陳元贇). From the Seigō ryū (制剛流) page […]
Kitō-ryū Jūjutsu Hontai (起倒流柔術本体 - main substance / real form)
Further to my previous posts regarding the Kitō-ryū being a continuation of the Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流 柔術) I recently obtained this document, which is the: Kitō-ryū Jūjutsu Hontai (起倒流柔術本体 - main substance / real form) It was written in Keiō (慶応) 2 (1867), during the last year of the Tokugawa Shogunate (徳川幕府) and just […]