Following on from my previous post of 1st December 2019, regarding the research paper entitled: ‘The diffusion routes of Jiu-Jitsu to and in the U.S. since the turn of the last century to 1930s: Focus on the transfiguration and succession of Jiu-Jitsu by the two Americans’ By YABU Kotaro (2012) (Ritsumeikan University, Japan) Yabu states […]

Here are some more pictures from Col. Risher W. Thornberry’s book ’A General Course in Jiu-Jitsu’ (1933). Risher studied Jigō Tenshin-ryū Jūjutsu (自剛天真流柔術 - an off-shot of Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu 良移心当流柔術) in Nagasaki, Japan, before returning to the USA.

‘The contribution of Jigō Tenshin-ryū’s Uchida Ryōhei to the formulation of the early kata of Kōdōkan Jūdō and how the origin of those techniques would have been Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu.’ Following on from my last post relating to the Jigō Tenshin-ryū and how it could be seen as a following on version of the Ryōi […]

Regarding the differences and divergence between Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流) and Jigō Tenshin-ryū (自剛天真流), it seems that this was actually quite minor. It should also be appreciated the last part of the Ryōi Shintō-ryū - Menkyo Kaiden (免許皆伝) level is called "Jigo Nami Tenshin" (自剛並天真 - self hardening together with heavens truth) and thus even the […]