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Tominogoshi Dojo

Family Background: Current Martial Art: Tominogoshi-Do

The Tominogoshi family is a proud family of
wealthy people. In the high society of the Japanese Jigoro Kano’s teachings influenced the lives of
elite they are arguably the top. This long-standing many people including one, Ken Tominogoshi.
tradition of elite men has attracted several of the area Through his diligence and dedication of practice, Ken
clans and rogues. Because of the attention the family Tominogoshi developed his own style of Judo called
remains reserved. To combat the unwanted attention Tominogoshi-Do, which has been passed down
the Tominogoshi family, under the tutelage of a mas- through generations of the Tominogoshi family and
ter martial artist named Daisuke Matsunoshin created to other aspiring martial artists seeking its teachings.
the family style of Judo. Since the birth of their art, Artform Breakdown Graph
the Tominogoshi name has been protected.

Mondokoro Non-Projectile Projectile Animal Striking Kicking
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22% 12% 6%
"Three Rivers of Tranquility"
The mondokoro of the Tominogoshi family has a Special
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very specific meaning. The turquoise color repre-
sents protection and sophistication, and this message Grappling
is carried by the symbolic representation of the long- 8%
est rivers of Japan and shown in blue to mean tran-
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h quility. The first and longest river, the Shinano Riv-
a er, represents length and longevity. The second, Joint Lock/Choke
p Tone River, represents uncontrollable nature. The 18%
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e third is the Ishikari River for which the name is de-
r rived from the Ainu for “makes itself go round about
something”. Throwing/Falling
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Head Elder: Yoshinori Tominogoshi Ground Position Sweeping
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Elder Members:
Artform Renzokuken:
−Genreihiro Tominogoshi
RENZOKUKEN
−Arata Tominogoshi

−Goro Tominogoshi B •Front Snap Kick

−Mika Tominogoshi E •Roundhouse Kick
Number of Students: 78 G •Front Grapple

Key Students I •Hip Throw
N •Select Mount Posi-
• Shige Oatoa tion
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Martial Art Discipline of Origin: Judo •Select Strike

First introduced by Jigoro Kano, who began Judo A •Select Strike
instruction on the grounds of the Eishoji Temple in D •Select Strike
Tokyo’s Kita inari-cho district. Jigoro Kano began V •Select Choke
by studying the various forms of Jujutsu, Japan’s an-
cient combative art, and then introduced his own
wide-ranging improvements, as well as new tech-
niques and a teaching system. Jigoro called his sys-
tem “Judo”, based on the concept that Judo provides
“the way” which in turn leads to “technique”.
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