Hikosuke Totsuka (戸塚 彦介, Totsuka Hikosuke, 1813–1886) was a Japanese jujutsu master of the Yoshin-ryū school. Under his leadership, the Totsuka-ha Yoshin-ryū was the largest jujutsu organization in Japan, as well as the last great school of this art, until the rise of Kodokan judo. He was reported to be one of the strongest martial artists of his era.[1]
^Meiji Gakuin History Material Collection Volume 10. Meiji Gakuin Centennial History Committee. 1984.
HikosukeTotsuka (戸塚 彦介, TotsukaHikosuke, 1813–1886) was a Japanese jujutsu master of the Yoshin-ryū school. Under his leadership, the Totsuka-ha Yoshin-ryū...
of the Edo period, martial artist Motoyoshi Kanaya, a disciple to HikosukeTotsuka (not to confuse with his grandson, also named Motoyoshi Kanaya), heard...
train with other stylists, mainly the eminent Yoshin-ryū school led by HikosukeTotsuka, where he became friends with its exponent Morikichi Otake and fellow...
Around 1883, Nakamura also fought Hidemi Totsuka, the son of renowned Yoshin-ryu master HikosukeTotsuka, in a best of three. Hidemi, widely considered...
ways and eventually moved to Tokyo, where he became a trainee under HikosukeTotsuka of Yōshin-ryū at the Kobusho. He later expanded his apprenticeship...
Yoshin-ryu jujutsu under Kinsaku Yamamoto, a former apprentice to HikosukeTotsuka. Kanda became interested in re-joining the Kodokan at the same time...
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