A radical Joi party from Mito including Kamo SERIZAWA and a Shieikan group of the Tennenrishin school including Isami KONDO, Toshizo HIJIKATA, Soji OKITA, and Shinpachi NAGAKURA joined them before their arrival at Mibu village, Kyoto (present Mibu, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture).
京都壬生村（現、京都府京都市中京区壬生）到着までには、芹沢鴨ら水戸の攘夷過激派や近藤勇・土方歳三・沖田総司・永倉新八ら天然理心流試衛館一派も合流。