The original book 'The Police Officer's Essential Illustrated Guide - Kenpō' was written by Hisatomi Tetsutarō. Prior to the Meiji Restoration (1868), Nakamura & Uehara Shōgo (上原庄吾) of the Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流), Hisatomi Tetsutarō (の久富鉄太郎) of the Sekiguchi-ryū (関口流), (Shibukawa-ryū 渋川流), and Naka Danzo (仲段蔵) of the Sekiguchi Shinshin-ryū (関口新々流) were known as the Shiten'nō […]

Comparing the techniques from: ‘Kitō Yūshin: Jūjutsu Hiden Zukai' (起倒雄心:柔術秘傳圖解) ‘The Illustrated Secrets of Kitō heroic-spirit Jujutsu’ by Yokono Shinji (1894) with those of the Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流柔術).

Comparing the techniques from: ‘Kitō Yūshin: Jūjutsu Hiden Zukai' (起倒雄心:柔術秘傳圖解) ‘The Illustrated Secrets of Kitō heroic-spirit Jujutsu’ by Yokono Shinji (1894) with those of the Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流柔術).

Comparing the techniques from: ‘Kitō Yūshin: Jūjutsu Hiden Zukai' (起倒雄心:柔術秘傳圖解) ‘The Illustrated Secrets of Kitō heroic-spirit Jujutsu’ by Yokono Shinji (1894) with those of the Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流柔術).

It is interesting that Shinohara describes the randori of Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流 柔術) as including body-striking and stomping techniques. In Ryōi Shintō-ryū 'randori' is written 乱捕 (random, chaos or war - capture) and in Jūdō it is written 乱取 (random, chaos or war - take or fetch). In essence 'war, or chaos capture' is […]

James Shortt Shihan began training in Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu with his father Peter Shortt Sensei (who had been a student of Takeda Tatsu Shihan - 武田 辰師範) on 14th November 1959. He later trained with Komito Kaizō Shihan (小見戸戒三師範) and received Menkyo Kaiden (免許皆伝 - full licence). In acknowledgement of those 60 years of training, […]

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 […]

Ryōi Shintō-ryū (良移心当流) is 398 years old this year. Perhaps we should make efforts organise an event to celebrate its 400 anniversary in 2022. Shinohara (2005) writes that: "Fukuno Shichirōuemon Masakatsu, according to many materials, he was born in Naniwa (Ōsaka) and was the servant of Ōmi Kyōgoku. From an early stage, he learned the […]

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 […]

In 2024, it will be 100 years since Ryōi Shintō-ryū Jūjutsu (良移心当流 柔術) was first introduced in to the United Kingdom by Takeda Tatsu Sensei (武田 辰 先生). We will be gearing up to celebrate this centinuary with amongst other things a Ryōi Shintō-ryū Taikai (良移心当流 大会).