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ury by Futagami Hannosuke Masa-aki, Sōsuishi Ryū is a “Sōgōbujutsu”, a comprehensive martial art covering multiple battle situations. Even now, they still practice Iai and Jūjutsu techniques with and without sets of ancient armors, and with various weapons such as Katana, Tachi, and small concealed weapons. Those techniques were directly inspired by the most ancient Jūjutsu school in Japan, Take-no-uchi Ryū. Initially developed within the Tōrenji clan, vassal to the Fukuoka clan, the school spread in North Kyūshū under the influence of the Shitama family, who took over the school after Futagami Han-no-suke passed away. The Sekiryukan Dojo, the oldest Dojo in Japan, is still lead by the Shitama family. In 1888, Matsui Hyakutarō Munetada, a disciple of the school, was called to Tokyo to teach Budo to the Akasaka Police. As he stayed in Tokyo, Matsui opened his own school under the name Sōsuishi-ryū Kumiuchi Koshi no Mawari. Matsui’s schools continued under Sugiyama Shotaro, and then under Kitajima Koku, who named the branch “Kosonkai”. Today, the school is led by Mr. Kimura Akio but his poor health stopped him from giving us an interview himself. His assistant Mr. Usami Hiroji kindly accepted to answer our questions about their schools and gave us an interesting insight on the practice and principles of Sōsuishi Ryū. --- PART 2: Thoughts on Budo's nature with Usami Hiroji of Sosuishi Ryu --- https://youtu.be/m0T2FulUueo --- CONTENTS --- 0:00 - Introduction 1:36 - What is Sosuishi Ryu composed of? 2:23 - Where does the name Sosuishi Ryu come from? What's its meaning? 3:20 - We often see different names for the school. Could you explain why? 4:17 - What does Koshi no Mawari/Mawashi mean? 5:10 - What is the meaning of Kogusoku in your school's perspective? 6:30 - Where does Sosuishi Ryu come from? What are its technical origins? 7:37 - What are the technical specificities of Sosuishi Ryu? 9:09 - How is the school organized and where does your group fit in that organization? 10:47 - Where does your specific group come from? What are its history and its particularities? 15:10 - In this morning class, you named the techniques depending on their origins. Are you practicing both forms? 16:21 - How is the curriculum organized? 18:19 - What are the technical specificities of your school? 19:54 - What are the philosophical principles of your school? 21:30 - You are giving this interview instead of the actual master; why is that? Can you tell us more about him? 23:57 - What about you? Why did you decide to practice Sosuishi Ryu? What is your story? 26:45 - Todoroki-san, Kanazawa-san, what does Sosuishi Ryu mean to you? --- SOURCES --- - Historical Map of Japan (Public Domain): https://goo.gl/tkmj52 - Sekiryukan Dojo: https://goo.gl/iG9STQ - Fukuoka Domain (CC 3.0 Hiroshi Nishida): https://goo.gl/JeQmEu - Kobudo Shinkokai’s Website: https://goo.gl/MSkKfj --- CREDITS --- Director: Jordy Delage Editing: Jordy Delage & Nicolas Nothum Music: "Senbazuru" - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) CC 3.0 Narrator: Brian Kamei Camera: Jordy Delage & Nicolas Nothum Translation and subtitles: Adrien Becam, Eriko Hoshi, Jordy Delage, Jean-François Rauch --- SOCIAL MEDIA --- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seidoshop.international Twitter: https://twitter.com/SeidoShopInt G+: https://plus.google.com/+Seidoshop --- ABOUT US --- Seido Co., Ltd. (株式会社 星道) is a Japanese company that specializes in the retail of Japanese martial arts equipment to Japan and the rest of the world. We take pride in using the company resources to produce high-quality educational contents and videos such as interviews, product guides, martial arts demonstrations, and more. https://www.seidoshop.com (en) http://blog.seidoshop.com (en) http://www.seidoshop.jp (jp) --- CAN I EMBED YOUR VIDEOS ON MY WEBSITE? --- Of course, you can embed our videos on your websites. We encourage you to do so and share knowledge about Japanese Budo to your friends, fellow students, professors, neighbours, etc; However, whatever the reason, please do not reupload or reuse within another product (even short sequences) without permission. #UsamiHiroji #SosuishiRyu #BudoStudies