Martial arts instructors at the Capital Police Headquarters in 1888

Published on 30 January 2020 by Peter King

The photo above is from the October 1921 issue of the magazine "Jikei" (literally "self-protection"). It shows all of the martial arts instructors at the Capital Police Headquarters in 1888.

* Front row from right: Asami Katsumitsu, Kanatani Genryo, Hisatomi Tetsutaro, Shingai Tadaatsu (1842-1920), sonobe Hisagorō, Naka Danzo, Tani Torao, Tobari Takisaburō (1872-1942), Yamashita Yoshitsugu (1865-1935, Kodokan Judo ) Uehara Shōgo ( Ryōi Shintō-ryū )。
* Second row from right: Natō Takaharu (1862-1929, Hokushin Itō-ryū ), Mihashi Kann'ichirō (1841-1909, Musahi-ryū ), Miyabe Tomomichi, Iwasaki Hōken, Ōshima Hikozaburō, Sakabe Daisaku, Itami Shichizaemon, Nakamura Hansuke (1845-1897, Ryōi Shintō-ryū ), Tatsuko Nobushige, Kōno Ichini, Jogawa Kijūrō, Chiba Yukitane, Imamura Shimifu.
* Third row from right: Aida Sadajirō, Nagasawa Tadaya, Yabe Tsunenori, Mutō Hideshige, Sasaki Masayoshi, Yamamoto Kinsaku, Imai Yukitarō, Nomura Kinosuke, Kanematsu Naokado, Matsui Momotarō, Kajikawa Yoshimasa ( Ono-ha Ittō-ryū .
* Back row from right: Negishi Shingoro, Mori Kozo Nakamura Senjirō, Shibata Emori, Kōchi Entarō, Tokuno Sekishirō (1842-1908, Shinshinkage -ryū), Henmi Sōsuke (1843-94, Tatsumi-ryu , and later hokushin ittō-ryū and Kyōshin Meichi-ryū ), Ōta Sugenao, Samura Masaaki, Natsumi Matanoshin, Sakita Mikan.

Taken from online article:
About the origin of the "Hashiri-kakari" in Mugai-ryū 無 外流 に お け る 「走 り 懸 り」 の 起源 に つ い て
Posted on January 13, 2015 by Andreas Quast
http://ryukyu-bugei.com/…

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