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    hi Neil I'am sorry for the late reply. I have been on the Bodokan ju-jitsu club site. And I know that most of the info on professor Jack Britten is not correct but thank you. can any body confirm that professor Jack Britten was taught by Tani because I don't think he was. your Jimmy.

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    I have recently found these two links on the internet - pertaining to Rygoro Fukushima and the history of jujutsu in Australia:


    http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~wwd/PW110522/

    http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/arti...&searchLimits=

    Not evedidence that any extant Nihon Jujutsu system in Australia can claim any lineage back to - but still interesteing!

    Cheers,

    Paul
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    Hi all,

    Just found this as well:

    http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/arti...&searchLimits=

    It's hard to read, the OCR software they have used was not that great or they had a poor original copy of the news piece.

    Cheers,

    Paul
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    I think the old Australian Society of Jujitsuans organisation, originally founded by Mr. Len Noys in the 1950's is now known as Koshinryu Jujitsu Australia. They have his DOB as 1903. Fukushima was probably around 20 yrs old when he first taught in Sydney around 1906. Looks like Fukushima taught in Sydney from around 1906 to 1923 and returned to Japan, then came back to Sydney & taught from about 1933 for another three years or so. Records show his senior students around 1908 were Mr. Brale & Mr. Norman Rotten and the style resembles that of Kano Juijitsu. Mr. Noys more than likely became Fukushima's student around 1933.

    Matt
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    I recently found the Koshinryu Jiujitsu Australia website. There are about six dojos located in Victoria and NSW, with around 25 active members including six senior members from 5th to 9th Dan. Its interesting to see such an old Australian school still active with quite an interesting curriculum.

    Matt
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul Steadman View Post

    * Mr Rugoro Fukushima, a tent wrestler with a touring circus group in Australia, was believed to have been a jujutsu practitioner in the mid 1930s. No extant records or direct transmission dojo exist to this day in regards to Fukushima-san and there is no evidence of which ryu or tradition/school he was involved in or if he was a licensed instructor or not. His grave is in a cemetery in Rotorua, New Zealand.
    I recently met up with Mr Roger Quick of Koshin Ryu Jujutsu and the Australian Jujutsu Federation, and showed me several documented evidence of Mr Rugoro Fukushima and his jujutsu activities in Australia. I cannot go into detail as the members of Koshin Ryu have not completed and finalised their documented research.

    I must acknowledge Mr Quick's request to correct my statement about Mr Fukushima's grave being in Rotorura, New Zealand - this is not the case.

    I look forward to the research being published in the near future, as Australia has a rich heritage of Nihonden jujutsu (koryu and gendai), goshin jujutsu and many westernised derivatives.

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    Paul Steadman

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    Koshinryu Jujutsu has a Facebook page as well as a group.

    cheers,
    S Neo

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    It would be great if you could show some of the old photos of Koshinryu jujitsu and tell us some up to date history.

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    Matt White
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    There's a summary of Koshinryu's history from 1906 to the present on the Koshinryu web site. There are also some photos Len Noyce and his students, some of whom now head Koshinryu. There are also photos of the students of those students...
    http://www.jujitsu.net.au/home/what-is-jujutsu
    http://www.jujitsu.net.au/3d-gallery

    More recent photos are up on the Facebook page:
    https://www.facebook.com/Koshinryu?ref=hl

    cheers,
    Soon Neo

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    Quote Originally Posted by sneo View Post
    There's a summary of Koshinryu's history from 1906 to the present on the Koshinryu web site. There are also some photos Len Noyce and his students, some of whom now head Koshinryu. There are also photos of the students of those students...
    http://www.jujitsu.net.au/home/what-is-jujutsu
    http://www.jujitsu.net.au/3d-gallery

    More recent photos are up on the Facebook page:
    https://www.facebook.com/Koshinryu?ref=hl

    cheers,
    Soon Neo
    Thanks for that info Soon. I've had a look. There appears to be a gap (the math) between Len Noyes and his current students which I'm trying to work out. I have an interest in the styles of jiujitsu and the year introduced into Australia from Japan. Is it a current direct link ie: a lineage of names.....Fukushima - Noyes - etc - etc - current head? Can you tell me who Len Noyes's students are in the photo and the head teachers name? Sorry, no access to facebook Soon!

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    The Facebook page should be accessible without an account, just ignore the Sign Up/Log In prompt and click on the pictures.

    As for the photos and identities, your best bet would be to get in touch with the senior graduate members listed in the Contacts page of the Koshinryu website(http://www.jujitsu.net.au).

    cheers,
    soon

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    During October 2013 I spoke with Roger Quick who heads the Australian Jujitsu Federation, and Koshinryu Jujutsu in Australia. He informed me Syd Brooksby of Koshinryu Jujutsu (a life member and Director of the Club) was a direct student of Len Noyes, the founder of the Australian Society of Ju-Jitsuans (now known as Koshinryu Jujutsu).

    The names to the faces in the photograph are L-R: Vince McCann, Roger Quick, Les Harnos, Len Noyes, Ray Hutchinson, Syd Brooksby, and Gordon Griffiths. I took this photo of ‘the lads’ about 1987 at a function in honour of Len Noyes and the Australian Society of Ju-Jitsuans. Len Noyes was in company with his wife and a student Terry Healey.

    The Jujutsu style Fukushima Ryugoro introduced into Australia is not known, and there doesn’t appear to be any current or direct link, as inquired about in this forum.

    Not long ago when the Australian Society of Ju-Jitsuans was in the process of updating their curriculum and changing their name etc, Roger Quick approached Hanshi Patrick McCarthy 9th Dan Karate for advice and direction, and as a result the name Koshinryu was accepted as the new name of their school. Another person of interest relating to this subject is Mike Jeans, former President, senior member and black belt of the Australian Society of Ju-Jitsuans. He knew Len Noyes and may be able to fill in some of the gaps, if any of you have exhausted your inquires. Mike Jeans can be contacted through the Australian Ju Jitsu Association Inc.

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    Hi Paul,

    Sorry to add a note to this so long after it was first posted. Just reading your notes about Mr Ryugoro Fukushima, and a slight correction to a couple of them. Fukushima-san was married and divorced in Japan. To that note I have never seen any paper work that shows he travelled from Australia to New Zealand with another person. The other is that he was cremated here in Christchurch and his ashes scattered at the chapel near by in January 1959. As a side note Fukushima-san was born in Tochige Ken, in July 1885.

    Did you have any success searching around for other information about him.

    Regards Scott Rogers

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    Sydney Morning Herald, 9 Jun 1906, notes the recent arrival of Jinkichi Okura, 5 years instructor at the police station in Yokohama, and Ryugoro Fukushima, thirteen years at Hagiwara's school in Yokohama. Demonstrations to be given shortly. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/arti...#pstart1322598

    See also http://www.cagesideseats.com/2012/11...uers-australia

    Hagiwara's school is possibly the same school where E.J. Harrison trained in Yokohama. If so, then this would be Ryoshinsai Hagiwara. http://www.dragon-tsunami.org/Dtimes.../article28.htm

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