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Common to all lines of Araki-ryû that descended through Mori Kasumi is the story which tells of the formation of the school. In Araki-ryû torite saitan no jo (The rebirth of Araki-ryû), a text allegedly written by Araki
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Araki Ryu was founded in the Tensho period, approximately 1573. Its creation is attributed to Araki
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Currently, the central line of this martial tradition is located in
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Araki-ryu gunyo-kogusoku, a tradition descending from Araki
Buzaemon, quite distinct in many respects from the Isezaki Araki-ryu, but also sharing many elements in common. There is documentary evidence that Buzaemon was the founder of a jujutsu school known as Araki Shin-ryu, and Araki-ryu
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Isezaki, maintained by Kikuchi Kunimitsu and Suzuki Seiichiro. Although they chose to maintain their own dojo and separate administration, they are fundamentally the same. Araki-ryu was designated a cultural treasure of Isezaki in
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In this text, it asserts that
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