Secret Weapons of Jujutsu

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Don Cunningham. Secret Weapons of Jujutsu

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Secret Weapons

of Jujutsu

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Unarmed fighting styles branched into many different schools. Many of these have little if any reliable records, even regarding their founders, thus making it very difficult to identify the origins. Some accounts credit the development of unarmed fighting styles to techniques imported from China. Based on reliable records, though, other scholars believe that the development of unarmed fighting styles is indigenous to Japan and not based on foreign influences. Whatever side of the debate, the following are some descriptions of just a few of the more well-known schools which started during this period.

Takenouchi-ryu was founded by Takenouchi Hisamori, a native of Haga village in the province of Mimasaka. During a period of meditation at Sannomiya Shrine in June 1532, he fell asleep after an intensive solitary training session. According to the tradition, a yamabushi, a member of a religious class which frequently traveled throughout Japan, appeared and taught several arresting techniques to Takenouchi. The yamabushi also convinced him of the advantages of small arms over larger weapons. Takenouchi named this style kogusoku, and the art still exists today after many generations of successors.

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