Chojun Tsuneharu, the third head of the school, was versatile and excellent in literature: He wrote many books including "Meirin Seiden" (authentic biography), and succeeded to the art of swimming created by his biological father, Idayu MURAOKA, to establish the Kobori school of treading water as a swimming instructor. |
3世長順常春は多才な人で、文筆に長け『茗理正伝』など多くを著し、また実父村岡伊太夫の立てた水術を受け継いで水練師範として小堀流踏水術を創始した。 |