Uchida Ryogoro
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Uchida Ryōgorō Shigeyoshi,, was a Japanese jojutsu practitioner, ranked menkyo in the Japanese martial art of Shintō Musō-ryū. He is the creator of the gendai budo Uchida Ryu Tanjojutsu, originally kn
Uchida Ryohei - Son of the original developer of the tanjojutsu kata that would eventually be systematized into the Uchida-ryu tanjojutsu system
History of Shintō Musō-ryū
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Shintō Musō-ryū, or Shindō Musō-ryū is a traditional school of the Japanese martial art of jōjutsu, the art of handling the Japanese short staff. The art was created with the purpose of defeating a sw
Miyamoto Musashi wielding two wooden swords. The legend states that Musō Gonnosuke found a way to break Musashi's two-sword style of combat and defeat him.
Samurai of the Chōshū clan, during the Boshin War period 1868 - These samurai fought to restore the Emperor to power and preserve the way of the Samurai. This war would ironically result in the later dissolution of the Samurai class in 1877
Shiraishii Hanjiro (1842–1927) – Shintō Musō-ryū's 24th unofficial headmaster
Shimizu Takaji (1896–1978) – Shintō Musō-ryū's 25th unofficial headmaster and the arts leading personality during the 20th century