Originally Posted by
Ellis Amdur
I wouldn't worry about the 68 generations. Usually, such schools have a "chuko no so" somewhere in the lineage if you look - the person who actually founded it.
Ellis, by chuko-no-so do you mean $BCf6=AD(B chûkô-no-so "ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty of a family"?
If so I have seen this in some various koryû lineages including some controversial ones. My understanding of it was a person who "rejuvenated or revived" the pre-existing style. People who come to mind are Takeda Sokaku, etc.
Eric Weil
"Kuji first, Taijutsu last"