while we're on the topic..

[kenshin]

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]

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]

Thanks for the info, Joe !