Following on from my pervious post and regarding the connection between Seigō ryū. The founder of Seigō ryū - Isogai Jirōemon was a student of Fukuno Shichirouemon Masakatsu (福野七郎右衛門正勝), who was the founder of Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流). As a student of Fukuno, Isogai also trained in ChineseKenpō (拳法 – fist striking method) and Torite-no-jutsu (捕手の術 […]

The current kanji spelling for Ryōi Shintō-ryū is 良移心当流. However, previously the now defunct character 'tō' 當 was used in older Japanese, but it has now been replaced 'tō' 当. As such, Ryōi Shintō-ryū would originally have been written as 良移心當流. Other variants over time have been; Shintō yawara 心當和 and Shintō Yawara 神当和 (used […]

‘Jujutsu Hottan - Fukuno Shichirouemon no den’ (date & author unknown - supplied by Tsukuba University, Kenkyo-jo and partially translatied by Dr. John Breen) mentions the following with regard to Ryōi Shintō-ryū founder - Fukuno’s character and physical aptitude in relation to martial arts: “He was an intrepid character with his great strength he lifted […]