During the Tang Dynasty, Cho Gyokko brought the school to Japan, coming from China. It was handed down from generation to generation, Sakagami Taro Kunishige organised the ryu and served as headmaster from 1532 thru to 1555. The school is divided (Roughly) into three sections: Unarmed against unarmed, unarmed against knife, and unarmed against sword.
Formal Techniques Of Gyokko Ryu
The Waza (Techniques), Kata (Forms), etc are written in the densho (Scroll) in a particular order, which is the order that they should be learnt, master one before moving on to the other. The densho is organised according to the following levels:
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