Can anyone help me.
I am trying to find out some more information on the lineage of Jishukan Ryu Jujitsu, and in particular Soke Shuho Sugita.
The web sites of Jishukan Ryu in Australia are out dated, and the information on Soke Sugita is very limited (And I don't read Japanese, so Japanese Google is out).
Below are the web sites of the clubs teaching Jishukan Ryu in Australia.
1) Jishukan Australia
www.jishukanaustralia.com.au
www.budokan.com.au/jishukan.htm
www.jishukan.websyte.com.au
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2) Peter Morton Academy of Judo Jujitsu Karate Inc.
www.petermortonjujitsu.org.au
**I know there is some bad history between James Laughlin's group and Peter Morton's group (Mainly after Sugita passed away in 1983, when there was a split), but that is the past, and we need to move on. But I really need more info on Sugita.***
...But if anyone is interested, here is some more info on the two groups founders...
James Laughlin...
http://www.jishukanaustralia.com.au/...p?o=MCwxNTI%3D
Peter Morton...
http://www.petermortonjujitsu.org.au/frog.htm
Some more history...
http://www.petermortonjujitsu.org.au/history.htm
Here is the information in Jishukan and Sugita so far...
Some of the content was from an a4 typed page (and expanded on) from Jishukan Ryu Japan from 1970's tat I have personally seen. The various clubs have elaborated on it.
"Shuho Sugita was born in Shimozuki and was brought up in Yokohama, Japan. He inherited his martial arts interest from his father and went into training in early childhood with Master Saito, one of the great masters of the classical martial arts of that time.
He received instruction from Master Saito directly in Jujitsu-Kenpo, Hayanawa (quick rope) and JoJitsu for several years and was considered a genius at an early age.
At the age of thirteen, he received an Honourable Certificate and went on a pilgrimage to many places in search of new masters, receiving further instruction at various dojos including the Kodokan Takehashi dojo, the Shiroken dojo and the Kitoro Kobokan.
Sugita always said:
"The essence of Japanese Martial Art must be formed on the basis of Koryu. Without practising the Koryu a man cannot win overall."
In 1947, Shuho Sugita opened the Jishukan Honbu in Yokohama, Japan, and commenced instructing in his own modern jujitsu style, the Jishukan Ryu.
Soke Sugita combined the research he had done with medical science, anatomy, dynamics and physiology, and created a modern original style of jujitsu designed as an attack-defence art. Soke Sugita selected the techniques that best suited the modern times and requirements for self-defence.
The Jishukan Ryu, as taught by Soke Sugita in 1947, combined techniques of Kenpo Karate and Jujitsu, with JoJitsu and Kappo (resuscitation) only taught to Black Belts. It is not meant to be a competitive sport in its complete form but, rather, an effective form of self-defence.
Through the constant development of these lethal skills, students begin to appreciate how fragile life is and, in turn, develop strong morals and self-control. The motto of the style is "Be master of yourself", which directly echoes the translation of Jishukan (the school for personal development).
A permanent committee, consisting of Soke Sugita and Shihans Okamoto, Yano, Yamanaka and Kanihira, manned the Jishukan Ryu until Soke Sugita's retirement.
Soke Sugita retired from active instruction in the 1980s and worked in the Jishukan clinic, practising shiatsu and providing medical care, taught to him by his father since childhood, to his students. Soke Sugita passed away in 1983 from lung cancer."
I understand that Okamoto is now the head of Jishukan Ryu in Japan, and the Honbu is no longer in Yokohama.
"In July 2002, the Kanagawa Police accepted Jishukan as a martial art to assist the Police in their personal protection without the use of weapons.
At present, Jishukan Ryu Dojo's exist in Yokosuka (Japan), Australia and in the USA."
Any help/info would be appreciated.
Thanks,