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kenshin
10th October 2000, 05:51
Now that you mention the Fusen ryu, does anybody know what other ryuha were present at the police taikai? How about the results of the individual matches?

Joseph Svinth
10th October 2000, 11:07
Yoshin-ryu under Hikosuke Totsuka in 1882 (victory to Yoshin-ryu) and Yoshin-ryu Totsuka's son Eimi in 1883 and 1886 (victory to Kodokan).

For further reading, see Erwin Baelz, _Awakening Japan: The Diary of a German Doctor: Erwin Baelz_, edited by Toku Baelz, translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul (New York: Viking Press, 1932), 73; Baelz's introduction to the German edition of Irving Hancock’s _The Complete Kano Jiu-jitsu_; Laszlo Abel, "The Meiji Period Police Bujutsu Competitions: Judo versus Jujutsu," JMAS Newsletter, 2:3 (Dec 1984), 10-14, which is reprinted at http://www.usjujitsu.net/articles/JuJitsuP3.htm . (BTW, ignore the history of judo written by Dennis Helm at the same site, for it is really awful.) For details of Totsuka’s lineage and a description of the 1883 contest, see Wayne Muromoto, "Judo’s Decisive Battle: The Great Tournament Between Kodokan Judo’s Four Heavenly Lords and the Jujutsu Masters," _Furyu: The Budo Journal_, issue 3, reprint from http://www.furyu.com/archives/issue3/judo.html

For the 1886 contest, see Sumiyuki Kotani and Dennis Helm, "The 1886 Match Between Kodokan Judo and Jujitsu: The First Contest Rules," translated by Kamae Konno; I haven't looked, but think it can be found at http://judoinfo.com .

A good introductory history can be found at http://www.bstkd.com/JudoHistory/HistoryOne.htm

[Edited by Joseph Svinth on 10-10-2000 at 05:42 AM]

kenshin
11th October 2000, 02:03
Thanks for the info, Joe !