Today, Hontai Yoshin-Ryu is preserved by the grandmaster, Soke Inoue Tsuyoshi
Munetoshi-sensei in Nishinomiya, Hyogo-ken. The teachings concentrate on three
central techniques: jujutsu, bojutsu and kodachijutsu. 17th grandmaster, the
late Minaki Saburo-sensei further refined the teachings received from his master,
Kakuno-sensei, as "Hontai Yoshin-Ryu", reforming the teachings to include jujutsu
(gyaku, nage, oku, yoshin, tanto-dori and tachi-dori no kata), kodachijutsu
(omote, ura and oku no kata), bojutsu (hanbojutsu kihon-waza, kumitachi no kata,
chobojutsu kihon-waza, kumiawase [kumibo], kumitachi no kata) as well as sword
(iai kenpo, tachi-waza, i-waza).
Hontai Yoshin-ryu is lead in Australia by David Montebello-sensei of Melbourne, Victoria, and is taught at several locations.
