Kyushin-ryu Jujutsu
扱心流柔術Jūjutsu from the mid-sixteenth century known for strikes to vulnerable points and resuscitation techniques. It left a mark on both judo and bartitsu.
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Kyūshin-ryū is a Japanese school of jūjutsu founded, according to the sources, around 1558 in Hikone by Inugami Nagakatsu, in full Inugami Sakon-no-shokan Nagakatsu. The catalog previously gave the name Inugai Garai and the year 1530; both were incorrect and have now been corrected. The lineage continued through his son, Inugami Kyushinsai Nagatomo, and his grandson, Inugami Gunbei Nagayasu, whom some sources name as the school's actual originator. Technically, Kyūshin-ryū is distinguished by its emphasis on atemi waza, strikes to vulnerable points, which in many jūjutsu schools give way to throws and joint locks. Related to this is a second peculiarity: alongside techniques that disable an opponent, the school teaches kappō, also called katsu waza, resuscitation and first-aid methods. The two belong together, because whoever learns where to strike so that a person is left lying down should also know how to bring them back. The best-known modern master was Eguchi Yazo, who lived from 1845 to 1924. Through him the school's influence runs in two directions: in 1906 Kanō Jigorō selected several Kyūshin-ryū techniques for modern judo, and the Englishman Edward William Barton-Wright, who trained under Eguchi, included them in his bartitsu. The school itself is transmitted only narrowly today, chiefly through an Australian lineage.
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