From the book: Nihon no Budō Jūjutsu jūnōseigō no michi 日本の武道 柔術 柔能制剛の道 良移心當流 目録 Ryōi Shintō-ryū mokuroku 表 Omote 五 (five) 先表 Senpyō (pyō = omote) front outer 五 (five) 仕合表 Shiai-hyō (contest omote / outer ) 五 (five) 裏表 possibly ura omote (inner & outer), but it is indistinct, although the lower part […]

The Nagahama (長浜) line of the Ryōi Shintō-ryū’s (良移心当流) used the shortened form of 'Shintō-ryū Yawara' (心當流和). This is an amateur translation of part of the above document. Shintō-ryū Yawara Kumiuchi Mokuroku 心當流和組打目録 腰之廻  Koshi no mawari (revolve / around the hips) 捕シト To shito (catching)  - 左右  Sayū (left and right) 前車  Zensha (Mae […]

Kitō-ryū Jūjutsu Yoroi Kumiuchi起倒流柔術鎧組討Okayama Prefecture, Okayama City, Ashisunkura 岡山県岡山市足寸蔵 Hontai 本體 (True reality) Dofu (同封 See enclosed) – (起倒本體を御参考 Kitō-ryū Hontai - for reference) Ten no maki 天之巻 (Book / volume of heaven) (詳細不明 details unknown)Chi no Maki 地之巻 (Book / volume of earth) (詳細不明 details unknown) Jin no Maki 人之巻(Book / volume of man) […]

This article is well worth reading. Ryōi Shintō-ryū’s (良移心当流) founder - Fukuno Shichroemon wrote “let softness be your mother and hardness be you father” i.e. the importance of hard and soft are equal and interconnected. This theme is consistent throughout the writings of the school and strategically allows for appropriate responses to the nature of […]

I have mention a number of times that the Kitō-ryū (起倒) is derived from the Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流). I recently obtained a copy of the '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). I have included […]

This is an interesting book describing early 20th Century Jūjutsu. It relates to the 'Shinto Rokugou-ryū' (神道六合流), which was one of a number of schools that rivalled the Kōdōkan in those days. It has both grappling similar to Jūdō and Jūjutsu waza. It suggests that the Kōdōkan was not unique in its content, but followed […]

I have recently obtained a Kanshin-ryū makimono dated 1889 (see above). Characters for school names can sometimes be substituted, while keeping the same sound as a ‘play on words’ . This Kanshin-ryū (貫心流 penetrate or possible brace the heart / mind) ) makimono is written with 貫, but the Kanshin-ryū (観心流) described by Serge Mol […]

This is the first part of an entry on the Ryōi Shintō-ryū from an new Japanese language book entitled: 'Nihon Jūjutsu Ryūha Jiten' by Osano Jun (2020). Some of it follows of the Kitō-ryū narrative that the Kitō-ryū was a continuation, rather than a derivative of the Ryōi Shintō-ryū. However, further light is throw on […]