I also have a mentor/friend who is well versed in several Koryu Arts and is an instructor of Shinto Muso Ryu Jojutsu (Jodo). Find me an example of somone who used techniques like him 100 years earlier, then I would agree with you.I myself actually studied a little bit ( a couple months) of Tenjin Shinyo Ryu in the mid-90s and have a black belt in Danzan Ryu, which has some kata from Iwaga Ryu, Yoshin Ryu and Kosogabe Ryu. So I don't really see how he can be used as an example of a true 'Koryu Jujutsuka' since he had other influences. Plus, no one is really sure, beyond that, what all else he studiedother than Fusen Ryu. H e also studied Tenjin Shinyo Ryu (one of the 2 main styles which are responsible for Judo Newaza). While the kata of Fusen ryu don't have much BJJing about, Mataemon Tanabe who was headmaster did specialise in it and taught it to lots of people who were or later became Judoka (BJJ comes from other Jiu Jitsu styles via Judo, no question, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't share things in common with some of its antecedents or that everyone who taught Judo in its early years was grown in Kano's cloning tank.Well, Yukio Tani was a Judoka as well as a jujutsu teacher he is of a later period since he was born at the very end of the Koryu era.
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