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Daito Ryu

Here is a brief summary of Master Sokaku Takeda and Daito Ryu. Daito Ryu Jujutsu is a family martial tradition of the Takeda clan. The founder was Shinra Saburo no Yoshimitsu from the Seiwa Genji line (a major branch of the Minamoto clan). The name of the system is said to have been taken from the "Daito Mansion" in Shiga where training used to take place. The tradition was handed down in the Kai Takeda family and when Lord Takeda Tosa Kunitsugu was apointed to be Lord of "Aizu Han", it was he who brought it to Aizu. There it had been handed down as the secret techniques of that domain until the end of the feudal period in the 1860's. Sokaku had been outstanding in martial arts as a youth and was called a genius with the sword. One story relates that as a young man Takeda killed many challengers, and he would boast of this to Ueshiba. It seems though that after a while he changed and layed aside the sword and became absorbed in the Daito Ryu Jujutsu tradition. In 1898 he received a master's license in the secret techniques of the domain. This is how Takeda Sokaku became a transmitter (in Japanese literally a "middle founder") of the Daito tradition. After that he traveled to various places teaching and spreading Daito Ryu and eventually made his way to Hokkaido.”

From “FOUNDER OF AIKIDO (12): THE FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH MASTER SOKAKU TAKEDA”
by Kisshomaru Ueshiba
Aiki News #41

 

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Daito-ryu aikijujutsu - Aikibudo - Aikibujutsu - Japanese Traditional Martial Art
Katsuyuki Kondo Sensei, Daito-Ryu Aiki-Jujutsu Seminar
Daito-Ryu Aikijujutsu Roppokai - International homepage
Roppokai - North Carolina Roppokai Official Home Page
Aiki Martial Arts Institute Aikido and Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu
CANADIAN DAITO-RYU HOMEPAGE Canada
Koryu.com Recommended Links Book dealer
Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu Home Page
Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu Kondo Katsuyuki
SAIGO-HA DAITO-RYU HISTORY
TAKUMAKAI Daito Ryu Jpn Japan
Daito ryu Japanese site Japan
The Real Daito Ryu aikijujutsu
Daito-ryu Revelations videos Okamoto Sensei
Daito-Ryu Secrets - Keen Communications videos Okamoto Sensei
Translated version of http--akct.free.fr-daito.htm (BETA) France
Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu Bokuyokan Germany
Fudoshin Daito ryu Ju-jutsu Finland
www.daito-ryu.org
www.aikidojournal.com
member.nifty.ne.jp/daito-ryu/top.html
personal.inet.fi/urheilu/...2index.htm
http://www.keenmedia.com/video_productions.html two daito ryu videos available from
www.daito-ryu.org/tota1.html
www.daito-ryu.org/kako1.html

 

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INTRODUCTION FROM THE FOUNDER Shodai Soke Okuyama Ryuho (1901-1987)

"The techniques of Hakkoryu are nothing but the pure self-protection instinct that prepares your spirit to face urgent matters of life and death. That is, when one encounters violence, it can be said that Hakkoryu provides natural, simple, and practical methods that enable one to calmly face imminent peril and move on without hesitation to capture and punish assailants reasonably and easily in an instant.” Hakkoryu.com - “family” US Site

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Itto Ryu and it’s Offspring

Itto-ryu takes its name from Ito Ittosai Kagehisa (1560-1653) the teacher of Ono Jiroemen Tadaaki (1565-1628) . The Ono family served as kenjutsu instructors for the Tokugawa government. It is the style of swordsmanship that is incorporated into the Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu curriculum.

Here are some of the offshoots of Itto Ryu:

ITO-HA ITTO-RYU
Mamiya-ryu
Mizoguchi-ha Itto-ryu
Kogen Itto-ryu

ONO-HA ITTO-RYU
Kaji-ha Itto-ryu
Nakanishi-ha Itto-ryu
Hokushin Itto-ryu
Itto Shoden Muto-ryu
Tenshin Itto-ryu
Takeda-Ha
Sakurai-ha Kogen Itto Ryu
 

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This is the official website for the Sugawara Martial Arts Institute and Tetsutaka Sugawara Sensei. Sugawara Sensei along with Xing Yan Ling Sensei, teach Aikido. Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu, and several styles of Tai Chi. Besides martial art instruction, Sugawara Sensei publishes books on Japanese and Chinese martial arts.
Here is a
biography of Sugawara Sensei

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Cutting with the Japanese Sword

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