(Continuing on from our December 2022 - Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流 柔術) seminar in Kemsing, Kent, U.K.) Morote Dori (諸手取) - Dai-ni (第二) Uke grips Tori's right wrist with both hands (Morote Dori), Immediately strike the forehead (Uto 烏兎, or Seidon 正骨)with the heel of the hand, after the initial grip. Continue by side-stepping around […]

It is well established that one of the foundations of Kōdōkan Jūdō (講道館 柔道) was Kitō-ryū Jūjutsu (起倒流柔術), which in turn was derived from Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流 柔術). So, it was interesting to see that the (rather obsure) Jūdō technique 'Obi-tori-gaeshi' (帯取返 - belt catch reversal), is the same as the first technique from […]

Morote Dori (諸手取)- Dai-ichi (第一) Uke grips Tori's right wrist with both hands (Morote Dori). Immediately grip his right wrist with your left hand and rotate your trapped wrist in a clockwise direction. Aid this movement by pushing his wrist with your gripping hand.This will bring the back of his left hand into a position […]

On this seminar, we worked with the techniques included in James Shortt Sensei’s 1979 book - ‘Beginning JiuJitsu Ryoi Shinto Style’. As with many Japanese language Jūjutsu books, the applications are not obvious from the illustrations. So, we examined; the principles, small points of anatomy, body movement, balance, distance, angles, pivots and rhythm within those […]

I found this article on a Japanese website (translated by Google): 'Kito Ryubo no Te secret book ①' (no author name give) "I found 28 moves in the mokuroku of Kito-ryu, one of the schools of Aichi Prefecture Intangible Folk Cultural Property "Bo no Te", which was taught to Kiyoichi Shibata in 1910. However, the […]