Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Jujutsu Gokuhi Shinden

TITLE Jujutsu Gokuhi Shinden
Author Tokinosuke Hisamatsu
Publication year 1903(Meiji 36,106 years ago!)
It seems that this book is based on Sekiguchi-ryu Jujutsu,which is exsisting Jujutsu School.
It is said that Sekiguchi-ryu was founded by Jushin Sekiguchi in Edo period.Jushin Sekiguchi went on a nationwide tour and taught Jujutsu."Jujutsu and his name has become well known to many people.

This is an extremely rare,vintage Jujutsu book,which has a illustration "on every page"."Gokuhi" means "Strictly confidential"It is a step-by-step instructional illustrated book.It introduces 23 Kata of Jujutsu w/ilustrations.It is a great ref material if you are interested in Jujutsu.

It is well-known that Judo is originally derived from Jujutsu.So it is a great collection if you are interested not only in Judo but also in Jujutsu.
This book is included in Seiko Fujita Bunko Mokuroku for your information.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Shinden no Bujutsu Takenouchi-ryu


This is a rare takenouchi-ryu book,entitled Shinden no Bujutsu Takenouchi-ryu, published in Japan.It comes with video(approx 30 minutes).It is supervised by Takeuchi Toichiro.

It is becoming hard-to-come by here in Japan.

Softcover w/dust cover It is composed of 190 page and has a lot of photos in it.Step-by-step instruction manual.


Takenouchi-ryu is one of the most famous Jujutsu schools here in Japan.It is said that it is the oldest Jujutsu school of which you can trace the history.The fouder is Hisamori Takenouchi and is founded in 1532.This school has a great influence on many Japanese martial art schools.This school teaces Jujutsu,Bojutsu,Kogusoku,kenjutsu,Iai,Jutte and so on.