Yesss!!! More information regarding our beloved Toda Hisajiro… I am really on a roll now… I have found evidence that shows Tokugawa Ieyasu relocated many Iga Shinobi (Iga no Mono/Iga Doshin) to a place called Musashino in Edo (Tokyo). More importantly, these Shinobi were the brothers in arms of Toda Hisajiro. As I have explained […]

Great news!!! and still more to come as I am still probing into this old manuscript… While searching for information on the historical Tozawa Hakuunsai, the founder of our school of Gyokko Ryu martial arts, I came across a few bits of information I would like to share from a book titled “The New Edition

According to legend, Yoshioka Kiichi Hogen, ran away from his home while still a young boy due to a tumultuous relationship with his father. His family had served the Genji clan for many generations but when they went to war with the Taira clan, he ran away from his father and his home and fought