Shindō Yōshin-ryū
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| Traditional Japanese martial art | |
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| Shindō Yōshin-ryū (新道楊心流) |
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| Founder | Katsunosuke Matsuoka (1836–1898) |
| Date founded | 1864 |
| Period founded | Late Edo Period (1603–1868) |
| Current headmaster | Ryozo Fujiwara - mainline; Tobin E. Threadgill - Takamura-ha |
| Current headquarters | Tokyo, Japan - mainline; Evergreen, Colorado - Takamura-ha |
| Arts taught | |
| Art | Description |
| Jujutsu | Grappling art |
| Kenjutsu | Sword art
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| Ancestor schools | |
| Hokushin Ittō-ryū • Hōzōin-ryū • Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū • Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū • Yōshin-ryū (Yōshin Koryū) | |
| Descendant schools | |
| Shintō yōshin-ryū • Wadō-ryū | |
Shindō Yōshin-ryū (新道楊心流?), meaning "New Way of the Willow Heart School" is a traditional school (koryū) of Japanese martial arts, teaching primarily the art of jujutsu. The Shindō Yōshin-ryū tradition was founded late in the Edo period by a Kuroda clan retainer named Matsuoka Katsunosuke (1836–1898). The name of the school may also be transliterated as Shintō Yōshin-ryū, but should not be confused with the modern school of Shintō yōshin-ryū.
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[edit] History
Shindō Yōshin-ryū is heavily influenced by two different lines of Yōshin-ryū, the Akiyama Yōshin-ryū (Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū) and Nakamura Yoshin Koryū (Totsuka ha Yoshin ryu). As a student of the teachings of Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū, Hokushin Itto-ryū, Totsuka ha Yoshin Koryu and Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū, Matsuoka incorporated many facets of these schools consolidating them into the foundational Shindō Yōshin-ryū. This name of the school would originally translate into "New Willow Style", but the kanji for "new" was eventually changed into the homo phonic "sacred".
[edit] Technique
Shindō Yōshin-ryū emphasizes grace and natural movement. Although Shindō Yōshin-ryū reflects the combination of the jujutsu teachings of Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū and the Totsuka-ha Yōshin Koryū, its waza demonstrate a softer, more weapon based, application of technique. The Takamura line includes further influence from Matsuzaki Shinkage-ryū Hyōhō.
[edit] Branches
Only two legitimate branches of Shindō Yōshin-ryū remain: the Shindō Yōshin-ryū Domonkai headed by Ryozo Fujiwara in Japan, and the Takamura-ha Shindō Yōshin-ryū headed by Tobin E. Threadgill in the United States.
[edit] Influence on karate
Shindō Yōshin-ryū was fundamental in the founding of one of Japan's most prominent styles of karate, Wado-ryu.
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