In the 1580s, a Samurai named Inugami Sakon Shōgen Nagakatsu studied grappling (Kumiuchi) from a fellow Imperial Guard, Hayami Nagato no Kami Enshin, and by combining it with his family’s sword tradition, he created Kumiuchi Kenden. This system continued to be transmitted and further developed within his family line.
Through his descendants, the tradition gave rise to the Kyūshin and Kyūshin Ichi-ryū schools. Some of their jūjutsu techniques were later incorporated into modern jūdō
In the Edo period, this system reached the Kobashi family, where it went through a reform process that incorporated knowledge from various other old schools into the ancient Enshin Ryū.
Enshin Ryū’s Lineage Keizu
Inugami Sakon Shōgen Nagakatsu
犬上左近将監永勝
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Inugami Kyūshinsai Nagatomo
犬上扱心斎永友
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Itō Sukebei Shigekatsu
伊藤助兵衛重勝
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Itō Shirōbei Munemasa / Ii Munemasa
伊藤四郎兵衛宗正／井伊宗正
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Tanahashi Gobei Yoshisada
棚橋五兵衛義定
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Inugami Gunbei Nagayasu
犬上郡兵衛永保
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Unknown one or two generations in the Yoshida family
吉田家における一、二代不明
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Kobashi Shōbei Masahira
小橋庄兵衛正平
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Fujimoto Ringorō
藤本林五郎
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Kobashi Nichikan Masanori
小橋日感正則
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Tanaka Fumon
田中普門
For a deeper examination of its history, explore the Enshin Ryū Hyōhō article written by Fumon Tanaka, the late Sōke of Enshin Ryū.