Unfortunately, cancelled due to COVID, to be rescheduled. Potential date Sunday 7th August 2022 (to be confirmed) Date: Sunday 3rd July 2022 Instructor: Peter King – Menkyo Kaiden (免許皆伝) Time: 11:00hrs - 18:00hrs (11am - 6pm) Venue: Kemsing Pavilion, Heaverham Rd, Kemsing, Sevenoaks, TN15 6NE In person and streamed online. Cost: £35 To book:  https://www.ryoishintokai.com/product/ryoi-shinto-ryu-jujutsu-%e8%89%af%e7%a7%bb%e5%bf%83%e5%bd%93%e6%b5%81-%e6%9f%94%e8%a1%93-one-day-seminar-online-streaming-july-2022/?fbclid=IwAR3k_HJIfvcFxQY1kH95eiH-6knxpP4VnhIE8P0_BGHzeuoLH3Sepv9KH5s

Further to my previous post: Shimizu Takaji Sensei demonstrating Isshin-ryū (一心流) Kusarigama-jutsu (鎖鎌術) with Kaminoda Tsunemori Sensei. I was fortunate enough to have attended Kaminoda Sensei's training in Tokyo in 1981. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG3UPd7ahLc

I have had a training version of a 'Kusarigama (鎖鎌 - chain & sickle) made. Although, this is taken from the Isshin-ryū (一心流) design, you can see that it is very similar to the Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流) design that we wear on your badge. The significance of the kusarigama in Ryōi Shintō-ryū is that it […]

I am grateful to the 'The Loneliest Sport' Facebook page for posting these quotes by previous World Welterweight and Middleweight Boxing Champion - Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989), where he discusses his preferred striking targets. I was particularly interested, because these points are also amongst the 'kyūsho' (急所 - vital points) of Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流 […]

In the Jigō Tenshin-ryū Mokuroku (自剛天真流目録) it states, “When grappling on the battlefield (kumiuchi), Ryōi Shintō-ryū is best,” which places the focus on essential grappling on the battlefield. The aim is to be able to separate oneself in both mind and body and execute one’s techniques freely by becoming “soft on the outside and hard […]