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'''Sōsuishi-ryū''' 双水執流 <ref> N.B. The 'shitsu' (執) in Sōsuishitsu in the Japanese language is a more modern pronunciation from the Meiji-era, whereas Sōsuishi-ryū is the Bakumatsu-era pronunciation. Both Sōsuishi-ryū & Sōsuishitsu-ryū pronunciations are interchangeable.</ref> is a [[Koryū|traditional]] [[Japanese martial art]] founded in [[1650]], a [[bujutsu]] school that focuses on Kumi Uchi ([[jujutsu]]) and Koshi no Mawari ([[iaijutsu]] and [[kenjutsu]]). The title of the school is formally '''Sōsuishi-ryū Kumi Uchi Koshi No Mawari '''(双水執流組討腰之廻) as shown in a Showa 16 (1941) hand-written book "Sōsuishi no ryū" (双水ノ流) by Shitama Shusaku (Shuzo). In the Bugei Ryūha Daijiten, Sōsuishi-ryū is cross referenced and listed under the entry/title of "Futagami-ryū," including a brief synopsis of the school. <ref>{{ja icon}}{{cite book | last = Watatani Kiyoshi| first = Yamada Tadashi| title = Bugei Ryūha Daijiten (武芸流派大事典) (Large Encyclopedia of Martial Arts)| publisher = Shin Jinbutsu Ourai Sha (人物往来社)| date = 1969| isbn = n/a [[NDLC]] FS2 [[NDLC]] FS37 NDC(6) 789 Record ID No.000001187171 [[OCLC]] 36964401}}</ref>
'''Sōsuishi-ryū''' 双水執流 <ref> N.B. The 'shitsu' (執) in Sōsuishitsu in the Japanese language is a more modern pronunciation from the Meiji-era, whereas Sōsuishi-ryū is the Bakumatsu-era pronunciation. Both Sōsuishi-ryū & Sōsuishitsu-ryū pronunciations are interchangeable.</ref> is a [[Koryū|traditional]] [[Japanese martial art]] founded in [[1650]], a [[bujutsu]] school that focuses on Kumi Uchi ([[jujutsu]]) and Koshi no Mawari ([[iaijutsu]] and [[kenjutsu]]). The title of the school is formally '''Sōsuishi-ryū Kumi Uchi Koshi No Mawari '''(双水執流組討腰之廻) as shown in a Showa 16 (1941) hand-written book "Sōsuishi no ryū" (双水ノ流) by Shitama Shusaku (Shuzo). In the Bugei Ryūha Daijiten, Sōsuishi-ryū is cross referenced and listed under the entry/title of "Futagami-ryū," including a brief synopsis of the school. <ref>{{ja icon}}{{cite book | last = Watatani Kiyoshi| first = Yamada Tadashi| title = Bugei Ryūha Daijiten (武芸流派大事典) (Large Encyclopedia of Martial Arts)| publisher = Shin Jinbutsu Ourai Sha (人物往来社)| date = 1969| isbn = n/a [[NDLC]] FS2 [[NDLC]] FS37 NDC(6) 789 Record ID No.000001187171 [[OCLC]] 36964401}}</ref>
==History of Sōsuishi-ryū==
===The simple legend===
The founding of Sōsuishi-ryū dates back to '''''Futagami Hannosuke Masaaki''''' <ref>[http://www16.ocn.ne.jp/~sekiryu/edouzyou.html Shadanhoujin Sekiryukan]</ref> <ref>The name Masanori appears in print in the English Language. The name "Masanori" is a ''mis-reading/mis-pronunciation'' of the name Masaaki. </ref> in 1650 ''CE''. He was a district [[samurai]] living in the area of Bungo-Takeda, which was in the domain of Kuroda during the era called ''Sho-o''. (now present day [[Oita]] and [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]]). Masaaki, was a practitioner of his family martial art Futagami-ryū and a high-level student of [[Takenouchi-ryū]] under Hisamori Takenouchi. He felt the techniques of Futagami-ryū were imperfected, so in order to improve them he decided to travel all over Japan and train himself by going on a pilgrimage (Musha Shugyo). At one point he went deep into the mountainous, rugged valley of Mt.Yoshino, where for thirty-seven days he trained and sought enlightenment. He refined the finer points of the technique of Futagami-ryū and honed the secret teachings that he had studied. He then assembled them into what he believed were the best of everything he had learned. One day, while he was gazing at the Yoshino river, he noticed the water flowing and swirling together steadily. The training of his mind, body and spirit converged at that one moment. This event, called ''[[satori]]'' in Japanese, prompted him to change the name of Futagami-ryū to Sōsuishi-ryū in remembrance of his experiences at the Yoshino River.
The founding of Sōsuishi-ryū dates back to '''''Futagami Hannosuke Masaaki''''' <ref>[http://www16.ocn.ne.jp/~sekiryu/edouzyou.html Shadanhoujin Sekiryukan]</ref> <ref>The name Masanori appears in print in the English Language. The name "Masanori" is a ''mis-reading/mis-pronunciation'' of the name Masaaki. </ref> in 1650 ''CE''. He was a district [[samurai]] living in the area of Bungo-Takeda, which was in the domain of Kuroda during the era called ''Sho-o''. (now present day [[Oita]] and [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]]). Masaaki, was a practitioner of his family martial art Futagami-ryū and a high-level student of [[Takenouchi-ryū]] under Hisamori Takenouchi. He felt the techniques of Futagami-ryū were imperfected, so in order to improve them he decided to travel all over Japan and train himself by going on a pilgrimage (Musha Shugyo). At one point he went deep into the mountainous, rugged valley of Mt.Yoshino, where for thirty-seven days he trained and sought enlightenment. He refined the finer points of the technique of Futagami-ryū and honed the secret teachings that he had studied. He then assembled them into what he believed were the best of everything he had learned. One day, while he was gazing at the Yoshino river, he noticed the water flowing and swirling together steadily. The training of his mind, body and spirit converged at that one moment. This event, called ''[[satori]]'' in Japanese, prompted him to change the name of Futagami-ryū to Sōsuishi-ryū in remembrance of his experiences at the Yoshino River.
<ref>{{ja icon}}[Kiyoshi, Yamada & Tadashi, Watatani. 1978. Bugei Ryūha Daijiten. Tokyo Copy Shuppansha.]</ref>
<ref>{{ja icon}}[Kiyoshi, Yamada & Tadashi, Watatani. 1978. Bugei Ryūha Daijiten. Tokyo Copy Shuppansha.]</ref>
<ref>{{ja icon}}[Ryūchi, Matsuda. 1979. Hiden Nihon Jūjutsu. Shin-Jinbutsuoraisha.]</ref>
<ref>{{ja icon}}[Ryūchi, Matsuda. 1979. Hiden Nihon Jūjutsu. Shin-Jinbutsuoraisha.]</ref>
<ref>{{ja icon}}[Masaru, Negami. 2003. Sekiryūkan No Chōsen. Published by the Shadanhōjin Sekiryūkan.]</ref>
<ref>{{ja icon}}[Masaru, Negami. 2003. Sekiryūkan No Chōsen. Published by the Shadanhōjin Sekiryūkan.]</ref>
===A Problematic Timeline===
===A Problematic Timeline===
