Our next Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu Seminar will be on 11th January 2026 Instructor: Peter King - Menkyo Kaiden (免許皆伝) Times: 11:00hrs - 18:00hrs (11am - 6pm) Cost: £35 Venue: Kemsing Pavilion, Heaverham Rd, Kemsing, Sevenoaks, TN15 6NE. Booking link: https://www.ryoishintokai.com/product/ryoi-shinto-ryu-jujutsu-one-day-seminar-online-streaming-11th-january-2026/ (My thanks to David Heslington for excellent photos)
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Congratulations to our Canadian Ryōi Shintōkai members on the ZNSBR rank recognitions
On behalf of the Ryōi Shintōkai (良移心当会), I would like to congratulate the following Canadian Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu-ka (良移心当流柔術家), who were graded on 24th November 2024 and have now have also had their grades / ranks recognised by the 'Zen Nihon Sōgō Budō Renmei' (全日本総合武道連盟) in Kyōto, Japan. George Doyle-Bedwell - Yondan (4th Dan 四段) […]
Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流柔術) seminar in Finland
Dates: 20th - 22nd February 2026Times: Friday 17.00-20.00 Saturday: 10.00-12.00, Lunch 13.30-16.00 Sunday: 10.00-12.00, Lunch 13.30-16.00 Price: 50€ Instructor: Peter King - Menkyo Kaiden (免許皆伝) Venue: Fysio Sakura Sitratori 3, 3 krs. 00420 Helsinki. Organiser: Erick EllisonFor further details (in Finnish) please visit: https://www.fysiosakura.fi/budoTo book / enroll: info@fysiosakura.fi
Thank you to Eric Shahan for posting these illustrations from his translations of Meiji Era police manuals on his Facebook page - Shino:bu
The technique in both illustrations is Obi Biki (帯引 - sash pull) from Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流柔術). There are two Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsuka in the picture of the Police Shihan group. The famous Nakamura Hansuke (中村 半助) is seated 6th from the left in the 2nd row and Uehara Shōgo (上原庄吾) is sitting cross legged […]