Currently Unkō ryū is located in Kumamoto, Japan and is led by Inoue Hiromichi Yukumo soke (19th generation headmaster and successor to the school)
The founder studied Katori Shintō ryū and remodeled these teachings into Kō ryū.The style was taught originally within the Okushu Itatsu clan, but was later taught in the Higo clan and renamed Unkō ryū.
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