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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 80. Chapters: Kenjutsu, Hojōjutsu, Kukishin-ryū, Iaijutsu, Shintō Musō-ryū, Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū, Araki-ryū, Jujutsu, Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū, Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū, Gosho-ha Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū, Kyushin Ryu, Tenshinsho Jigen Ryu, Sōsuishi-ryū, Takenouchi-ryū, Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, Yagyū Shingan-ryū, Tenjin Shinyō-ryū, Shindō Yōshin-ryū, Komagawa Kaishin-ryū, Suiō-ryū, List of koryū schools of martial arts, Ittō-ryū, Battōjutsu, Tatsumi-ryū, Shindō Munen-ryū, List of Musō Shinden-ryū techniques, Jōdō, Hōten-ryū, Hōki-ryū, Isshin-ryū kusarigamajutsu, Asayama Ichiden-ryū, Tamiya-ryū, Hozan-ryū, Mugai-ryū, Yoshioka-ryū, Kasumi Shintō-ryū Kenjutsu, Hasegawa Eishin-ryū, Hontai Yōshin-ryū, Sekiguchi-ryū, Maniwa Nen-ryū, Kashima Shin-ryū, Bōjutsu, Tennen Rishin-ryū, Ōmori-ryū, Kyūjutsu, Hōzōin-ryū, Sōjutsu, Jigen-ryū, Kashima Shintō-ryū, Yōshin Koryū, Tendō-ryū, Chujō-ryu, Tessenjutsu, Kitō-ryū, Abe ryu, Juttejutsu, Fukui Hyoemon Yoshihira, Itto Shoden Muto-ryu, Shiranui-ryū, Shingyōtō-ryū, Toda-ha Bukō-ryū, Tanjōjutsu, Higo Ko-ryu. Excerpt: Shintō Musō-ryū, or Shindō Musō-ryū ), most commonly known by its practice of jōdō, is a traditional school (koryū) of the Japanese martial art of jōjutsu, or the art of wielding the short staff (jō). The technical purpose of the art is to learn how to defeat a swordsman in combat using the jō, with an emphasis on proper combative distance, timing and concentration. The system includes teachings of other weapon systems which are contained in Shintō Musō-ryū as auxiliary arts (Fuzoku ryuha). The school is sometimes abbreviated as SMR. The art was founded by the samurai Musō Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi (夢想 權之助 勝吉, fl. c.1605, dates of birth and death unknown) in the early...
