Thank you to everyone who attended (both in person and online)yesterday's Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流 柔術) seminar in Kemsing, Kent.. We worked with technique applications of: Ōrō Hikkaku-ken (押籠必角見) Tenchiji, Shika Kaeri Ha (天地弛而替ハ) Shinshō No Chiken (身尚之弛見) Sayū Ran Isho (左右嵐威勝) Shiki No Shin No Kyo (四季心之居) Oto No Arashi Tenchi Kan Fuchi (音嵐天地間不弛) […]
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Sumo Densho (相撲伝書) techniques - Part.1
Further to my previous posts of 16th October 2021 & 23rd January 2022, regarding 'Buke Sumo' (武家相撲 - Samurai Sumo). Buke Sumo is one of the three foundation pillars of Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流 柔術), as the founder Fukuno Shichirouemon Masakatsu (福野七郎右衛門正勝) was a Sumo (相撲) ‘Meishu’ (名手 – master). The techniques are from a […]
Sumo densho (相撲伝書) - 禁穴的中図 (forbidden cavity targets middle illustration)
Further to my previous post (of 16th October 2021) regarding 'Buke Sumo' (武家相撲 - Samurai Sumo), I mentioned that prior to the Edo period (1603) Buke Sumo was practiced by Bushi (Samurai) and underpinned Yoroi Kumiuchi (armoured grappling) and it was only later that sumo was practiced primarily as a wrestling sport. Buke Sumo is […]
Ryōi Shintō-ryū to Biddle's 'Do or Die'
Kubo Sadaharu (久保貞治) was the 10th generation inheritor / head (Sōke 宗家) of Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流) and he passed the tradition down to the 11th head; Mori Hachiroemon (森八郎右衛門). However, Kubo also taught Fujita Chōsuke Fumoto Kensada (藤田長助麓憲貞) (Kaku Kouzo ‘Nihon Bujutsu Budo Daijiten’ (日本武術武道大事典), Tokyo, - 2015) Shinohara (2005) details this as follows: “Ryōi […]
Japanese pirates, Chinese Ming era unarmed fighting, Japanese Generals and Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu
The’ Jixiao Xinshu' (紀效新書 - New Treatise on Military Efficiency) was a comprehensive military warfare manual, written in the1560s and 1580s by Ming Dynasty General Qi Jiguan (戚繼光), who had been tasked with protecting the eastern coastline of China from attacks by Wakō (倭寇 Japanese Pirates). Chapter 14 of the 'Jixiao Xinshu' is entitled as the […]
USA Unified Martial Arts Hall of Fame 2022.
I am honoured and humbled to have been selected by the United Stated Ju-jitsu Federation for induction into the USA Unified Martial Arts Hall of Fame 2022. Also, my heartfelt congratulations to James Shortt for his very well deserved induction into the Hall of Fame as a "Pioneer of Jujutsu".
Shinsengumi (新選組) Jūjutsu Master Shinohara Yasunoshin (篠原泰之進) and Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流)
Further to my posts of 20th March 2021 & 20th December 2021 This is translated from a Japanese language blog, called ‘Hiromushi's diary’ (ひろむしの知りたがり日記) which was dated 10th February 2013. ://blog.goo.ne.jp/rekisisakka/ecd8ff2a08eeaec6a9308ffd523ee1683 “Shinsengumi (新選組) Jūjutsu Master Shinohara Yasunoshin (篠原泰之進) and Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流) As I wrote in my last diary, the Shinsengumi stipulated martial arts (武術 […]