People of Jujutsu (Classical Japanese Unarmed Combat)
Jujutsu (Classical Japanese Unarmed Combat): 6 documented people. Also: master (1).
Founder (5)
Futagami MasaakiFounder: Sosuishi-ryu JujutsuA samurai from the Bungo-Taketa region who founded the Sosuishi-ryu jujutsu school in 1650; its lineage continues through the Shitama family to this day.Inugami NagakatsuFounder: Kyushin-ryu JujutsuSamurai from the Hikone area and guard of the imperial palace in Kyoto who in the Eiroku era (1558–1570) founded the Kyushin-ryu jujutsu school, focused on strikes and resuscitation.Iso MataemonFounder: Tenjin Shin'yō-ryūA Japanese jujutsu master (1787–1863) who around 1830 founded Tenjin Shin'yo-ryu by merging the Yoshin-ryu and Shin no Shinto-ryu schools.Matsuoka KatsunosukeFounder: Shindo Yoshin-ryu JujutsuA Japanese jujutsu master who founded the Shindo Yoshin-ryu school in 1864, from whose lineage came Hironori Otsuka, the founder of Wado-ryu karate.Sekiguchi Yarokuemon UjimuneFounder: Sekiguchi-ryu JujutsuJapanese warrior of the Imagawa clan (c. 1598–1670), founder of the Sekiguchi Shinshin-ryu school, from 1639 jujutsu teacher to Tokugawa Yorinobu in Kishu.
Futagami Masaaki