Jūjutsu Kankei Shiryō' (柔術関係史料  - Jūjutsu-related historical material) - Kitō-ryū (起倒流)

Published on 17 May 2023 by Peter King

It is well established that Kitō-ryū (起倒流) derived from Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流). So, it is interesting to see the below, in the Kitō-ryū section of the Japanese language book:

'Jūjutsu Kankei Shiryō' (柔術関係史料  - Jūjutsu-related historical material) '下巻' (gekan, or ge no maki).

and to compare it the extremely similar content in both the:

  • 'Ryōi Shintō-ryū Shiki no Maki' (良移心當流四季之巻 - Four seasons scoll)
  • and the 'Tenshin-ryū Kumiuchi Shiki Shikkō no Maki' (天眞流組討四季執行の卷 - Grappling, conducting oneself during the four seasons scroll) from another derived school - the Jigō Tenshin-ryū (自剛天真流).

The amateur translation is as follows:

心氣の中のみにも限らず形へ施すてとあ雖然心

を引出して其虚を

“Not only in the mind and ‘ki’, but also in the form of the mind.

and the emptiness of it.”

土體黄色中四角

水體黒色北 圓 形

火體赤色南三角

金體白色西半月

木體青色東(團?)形

“Earth body yellow colour centre square

Water body black colour north circle shape

Fire body red colour south triangle

Metal body white western half moon

Wood body green colour eastern group ? (Seed / droplet) shape”

手三陰三陽

足三陰三陽

仕脈質胝合十四経

以上各口傳

“Hands three yins and three yangs

Three yin, three yin and three yang in the feet

14 meridians of the meridian system

Each of the above oral traditions”

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