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【 Brief timeline of Hamaji Kouichi-shihan's life 】 1930:
Begins training with 1936:
Began work with South Manchuria Railway Company. Sent for one year to train
Jodo instructors in the now former “Manchu-kuo” from 1943, travelling
throughout 1947:
The war ends and he returns home from Manchuria, lives in 1960: Moves to Begins to teach Jodo
seriously at Isshin Temple of Yagoto, in Shouwa district, 1964: Initiated in the
Gomuso by Shimizu-sensei and Otofuji-sensei. 1966: Receives a Menkyo
from 1968: Takes part in the
Taiwanese Kobudo Goodwill Enbu as a leader of the Japanese delegation. 1971: Becomes an
eighth-dan under Zenkenren Jodo. 1972: Retires from Toho
Rika Co. Ltd. 1978: Admitted to
hospital for a gallstone operation. 1979: Forms and becomes
the first president of the Aijokai. 1980:
Composes “Jo juuni kun (12 precepts of Jo)” as words entrusted to the next
generation. 1981: Becomes a
Zenkenren Jodo Hanshi. From June 5th, performs 108 days religious
ascetism. Publishes “Shinto Muso-ryu Jo to Sono Denshou” (Shinto Muso-ryu and
its transmission). 1984: Dedicates the Jo
and Bokuto handed down to the Hamaji house in |
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【Regarding the publication of Shinto Muso-ryu “Jo no Hinkaku”.】 Amongst the belongings of the late Gerald Toff, a tape recorded interview with the late Hamaji Kouichi-shihan (first generation head of Aijokai) has been found. Collated in the form of a manuscript with permission from his wife it has reached the stage where it can be published as “Jo no Hinkaku” According to the records, the tape was taken at the home of Hamaji Kouichi-shihan, on 3rd January, 1977. Mr. Toff was also a member of Aijokai and while working as a university professor, he was well known both as a Kobudo researcher and as commentator on a Sumo documentary aimed at the overseas market, airing on NHK's free-to-air network. This book contains glimpses of Hamaji-shihan as one who has studied Jo through both the Meiji and the Taisho eras, living in the style of a Bushi. He talks on the history of the spread of Shinto Muso-ryu Jo and the teachers who worked towards it. Also mentioned are his requests to those who will pass on Jo to the next generation. For modern practitioners of Shinto Muso Ryu, this book enlightens the true meaning of budo and is assuredly an important and viable reference for this generation. I hope to contribute to the continuing growth of Jodo by introducing this book to all practitioners of Budo with the same fervour as those practicing jo. Hamaji Mitsuo, President of Aijokai, 25th August, 2008. |
【 杖十二訓 Jo juni kun 】 濱地光一先生詠 昭和五拾五年四月
一、身をもって人を助ける杖のごと この姿こそ士の道。
Mi o motte hito o tasukeru tue no goto kono sugata koso mononofu no michi.
An ideal samurai
is like the Jo.
He helps people
at the sacrifice of himself.
二、神佛も声の力で現はるる 一喝必倒氣勢養え。
Shinbutsu mo koe no chikara de arawaruru ikkatsu hittou kisei yashinae.
The power of
voice can evoke
even God and Buddaha.
Cultivate a powerful voice
that defeats
your enemy.
三、打太刀はふれれば切れる剣なるぞ 心にとめて剣を怖るな。
Uchidachi wa furereba kireru ken naruzo kokoro ni tomete ken o osoruna.
Keep in mind that uchidachi[1] is a sword
that will cut you if it touches you;
but you should never fear swords.
[1] uchidachi has two meanings: (1) a wooden sword (2) the person who uses uchidachi in Jo practice. The uchidachi in this sentence means (1) a wooden sword.
四、線当り刃物持つ身の好餌食 点で打つこそ杖の打なり。
Sen atari hamono motsu mi no kou ejiki ten de utu koso jo no uchi nari.
Don’t hit your opponent with the side of Jo,
or you will fall prey to he, who has the sword.
Hit him with the end of Jo.
五、太刀は鋼 杖は樫 ガツンと当てずに 円るくずらしていなす心で。
Tachi wa kane jo wa kashi gatsun to atezu ni maruku zurashite inasu kokoro
de.
Tachi[2] is steel; Jo is oak.
Don’t hit tachi hard
but parry it by sliding Jo along its length
as if to chide the tachi.
[2] sword
六、折り返す手首の握りで敵を打て 後手の力まかせは技を狂わす。
Orikaesu tekubi no nigiri de teki o ute ushirode no chikara makase wa waza
o kuruwasu.
When you swing Jo to hit your opponent,
use the grip of your orikaesu-te.
If you swing Jo with gote forcefully,
you can’t make an effective attack.
七、かわしつつ小手を打ち上げ目を制し 体勢くずして技かけよ。
Kawashitsutsu kote o uchiage me o seishi taisei kuzushite waza kakeyo.
Parrying the opponent’s sword,
hit his wrists from under aiming the end of Jo at his eyes.
Before using Kuri-techniques[3], unbalance his
posture.
[3] Kuri-tsuke, Kuri-hanashi, and Tai-atari
八、古き形少しもたがわずくり返せ 自然に身につく氣杖体。
furuki kata sukoshi mo tagawazu kurikaese shizen ni minituku ki jo tai.
Practice
the time-honored techniques repeatedly.
Imitate them
exactly as your teacher shows.
Aim at
attaining a perfect unity of Jo, body, and spirit.
九、わが杖は切り刺しならぬ唯の棒 打ったら突けの心忘るな。
Your Jo is just a mere piece of wood.
You can’t cut nor stab with the Jo.
Therefore, never forget this:
“Strike and thrust.”
十、仕も打も進退共に打つ心 これがなければオドリ同然。
Shi mo uchi mo shintai tomoni utsu kokoro korega nakereba odori douzen.
Both shidachi and uchidachi
should always keep in mind
the spirit of attack in both
forward and backward movements.
Without this spirit, your Jo
is a kind of dance.
十一、仕合高上希うなら 起きて素振りと ねて工夫。
Shiai koujo negau nara okite suburi to nete kufu.
If you want to make a
progress in Jo,
practice suburi[4]
during the day;
exercise ingenuity during
the night.
[4] to practice the movement of wielding Jo by yourself
十二、色々と種々に兵法詠えども 真剣勝負に決りなし。
Iroiro to shuju ni heihou utaedomo shinken shobu ni kimari nashi.
However many and various Jo techniques
there may be,
there is no rule in actual fighting.
杖により武徳をつみしその力 我にとどめず末永く傳えよ。
Don’t confine in you
the virtue and power
you have attained through practicing Jo,
but hand them down
from generation to generation.
【 Jodo kara Manabu mono
(Things learned from Jodo) 】
by Hamaji Kouichi-shihan, posthumous publication.
The
straight shape of the Jo, crafted to be strong and true, harmonious and smooth,
represents the honesty of the Kami and the compassion of the Buddha.
Through remembering the spirit of
the Jo, the cultivation of a body and spirit to face up to all and any
hardships by training again and again in the Shinkengata, that our past
teachers staked their lives to obtain. Such is the way of Shinto Muso-ryu
Jojutsu.
In
the Densho it is written, “There is nothing other than the Jo
to teach a person without causing injury.[1]”
The
strategy therein is to disturb the enemy’s senses, make it impossible for him
to use his weapons, and take your spirit and use it to defeat your enemy
completely, without spilling blood. Of the workings of this Jo it is also
written, “Held, a sword; swept, a naginata; thrust, a yari; the Jo is, in
essence also un-parriable.”
Should
peace prevail, without realising it, the strength of spirit and of body to
stand up to important tasks declines; without realising it we will only come to
think of merely escaping when we meet challenges; without realising it we
forget out principles, fawn upon the strong, and renounce responsibility. In
the end we also endanger our country.
I
am one who believes Jojutsu to be a most necessary Budo in modern times. It is
a Budo capable of cultivating a robust body and spirit, one which proceeds
directly along a true path. It is a Budo capable of reviving the body and
spirit which we have nearly lost.
【 Techniques
of Shinto Muso-ryu Jodo and the training syllabus 】
( taken from Hamaji
Kouichi-shihan's notes. )
Kihon
1.Honte
uchi 2. Gyakute
uchi 3. Hikiotoshi
uchi 4.Kaeshi tsuski 5.Gyakute
tsuki 6.Maki
otoshi
7.Kuri tsuke 8.Kuri hanashi 9.Tai
atari 10. Tsuki hazushi uchi 11.Dou barai
uchi 12. Tai hazushi
uchi
Omote
waza
1.Tachi
otoshi 2.Tsuba
wari 3.Tsuki
zue 4.Hissage 5.Sakan 6.
Ukan
7.Kasumi 8.Monomi 9.Kasa no
shita 10.Ichi rei 11.Neya no
uchi 12.Hoso michi
Chudan
1.Ichi
riki 2.Oshizume 3.Midare
dome 4.Ushiro zue (zen / go) 5.Taisha 6.Kengome
7.Kirikake 8.Shinshin 9.Rai
uchi 10.Yoko
giri dome 11.Harai dome 12.Seigan
Ran Ai
1.O-dachi 2.Kodachi
Kage
1.Tachi
otoshi 2.Tsuba wari 3.Tsuki
zue 4.Hissage 5.Sakan 6.Ukan
7.Kasumi 8.Monomi 9.Kasa no
shita 10.Ichi rei (zen /
go) 11.Neyanouchi (zen /
go) 12. Hoso
Samidare
1.Ichimonji 2.Juumonji
3. Nito kodachi
otoshi
4.Mijin 5.Mijin 6.Gan tsubushi
Gohon
no Midare
1.Tachi otoshi no
midare 2. Sakan no midare 3.Kengome no midare
4.Kasumi no
midare 5.
Shamen no midare
Okuden (Shiai kuchi)
1.Sengachi 2.Tsukidashi
3.Uchitsuke 4.
Kotedome 5.
Hiki sute 6.Kote
garami
7.Jitte 8.
Mikaeri 9.Aun . 10.Uchiwake 11.
Suigetsu
12.
Sayuu dome
Gomuso no jo ( Gokui Hiden )
1.Yami
uchi 2.
Yumemakura 3. Murakumo 4.
Inazuma 5.Doubo
NB 1: Until Ranai is completed, Tachi otoshi, Midare dome, Kengome, and Yoko
giri dome are practiced with Go no sen. After Ranai has been learnt practice
them with Shidachi seizing the initiative.
NB 2: Aside from the above, there are variations and different teachings of
each form and they are taught in accordance with the practitioner’s degree of
ability.
Annexed Bujutsu
Shinto-ryu Kenjutsu
Odachi (8ways)
1.Ai
suri
2.Ai
suri 3.
Juu 4.
Chi
barai
5.Sarin 6.
Nito
ai 7.Uke
kaeshi 8. Suri komi
Kodachi (4ways)
1.In chuu 2.Uke
nagashi 3.Mi uke
dome 4.Tsuki dashi
Uchida-ryu Tanjojutsu
1.Kote
kudaki 2. Kote
kudaki 3.
Sutemi 4.Kuri
tsuke 5.Suigetsu 6.Suigetsu
7.Ushirozue 8.Shamen 9.Shamen 10.Kobushi
kudaki 11.Sune ku
daki 12.Irimi
Ikkaku-ryu Jittejutsu
Omote
1.Uken 2.
Saken 3.
Zanken 4.Ke age 5.Ichi ran
ken 6.Irimi
7.Ippuu
8.Me ate 9.Uto 10.Gorin 11.
Issei 12.
Kasumi no ken
Ura
Names
the same as the Omote with one rope tying form.
Isshin-ryu
Kusarigamejutsu
Omote
1.Ishiki 2.
Soemi 3.Hagaeshi 4.Mugan 5.Juumonji 6.
Furikomi
7. Furikomi 8. Iso no nami
9.Maki
otoshi 10.Mitokoro
zume 11.Uki fune 12.
Sode garami
Ura
Names
are the same as the Omote. Furikomi becomes three kata.
Oku
1.Zen
2.go 3.
Sa 4.yu 5.Yari
ai 6.Yari ai
Ittatsu-ryu
Hojojutsu
Hayanawa
1.Ichimonji
nawa 2.
Hishi nawa 3.Juumonji
nawa 4. Hagai
tsuge nawa
【 Levels of training and their respective
teachings 】
Taken
from Hamaji Kouichi-shihan's notes, partially modified
1.
Novice Shinto Muso-ryu Jodo
Kihon, Omote, Chudan, Ran ai, Uchida-ryu Tanjojutsu.
2. Intermediate Kage, Samidare, Gohon no
Midare, Ikkaku-ryu Jittejutsu (Omote).
3. Advanced Oku, Ikkaku-ryu
Jittejutsu (Ura), Isshin-ryu Kusarigamajutsu (Omote / Ura),
Shinto-ryu Kenjutsu,
Ittatsu-ryu Hojojutsu.
Training Assistants (Okuiri, Shomokuroku, Gomokuroku).
4. Unlimited Repetitious training in
entire syllabus, instruction of juniors.
Shihan (Menkyo-sha).