Hōzan was also adept with the jitte and at jujutsu, originally referred to as yoroi kumi (grappling in armor).
Traditionally, Tsutsumi Hōzan-ryū also included the yari (spear), bo (staff), torinawa or hojojutsu (tying techniques), and kusarigama.
One of Tsutsumi Masao's students, Katsukuma or Katsuguma Higashi, came to the United States in the early 1900s and engaged in bouts with American wrestlers.
In Germany, Erich Rahn began teaching Tsutsumi Hōzan-ryū Jujutsu to the Berlin Police in 1906.
[3] By the 1930s jujutsu, presumably Tsutsumi Hōzan-ryū, but referred to as “European Jiu-jitsu,” had spread across Germany and Austria with three Federations and over 100 clubs.
Today, Tsutsumi Hōzan-ryū only exists in Australia, brought there by the late Jan de Jong.