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Daitō-ryū (大東流), aiki-jūjutsu, originally known as Daito ryu jujitsu, occurs as Japanese martial art that first became widely known in a early 20th century under the headmastership of Sokaku Takeda (武田惣角). Takeda got extensive step by step instruction within many martial arts (including Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage ryu & sumo) & referred to a style he taught when Daito Ryu. Although a ryu's traditions claim to extend back centuries around Japanese history no known extant records on a ryu prior to Sokaku Takeda. Whether he is repute a renovator even or founder of a art, the known history of Daito ryu begins using Sokaku Takeda. Mayhap a best known student of Sokaku Takeda was Morihei Ueshiba, founder of aikido.

Sokaku Takeda's third boy, Tokimune Takeda, became a schoolmaster of a art charted the demise of Sokaku Takeda inside 1943. Tokimune Takeda taught what he known as Aikibudo, an art that involved a blade techniques of a Ono-ha Itto ryu along by using the traditional techniques of Daito ryu aikijujutsu. It was besides under Tokimune Takeda's headmastership that modern dan rankings were first created & awarded to students. Tokimune Takeda died inside 1993. Additionally to a mainline ryu under the Takeda personal, there survive many branch organizations of Daito ryu that maintain their have hierarchy & syllabus.

Daito-Ryu Aiki Jujutsu - Takumakai
Association was founded by the students of Hisa Takuma (holder of Menkyo Kaiden), and the students of Nakatsu Heizaburo, who both studied Daitoryu under the guidance of Takeda Sokaku

Canadian Daito Ryu Web Page
Site on the Japanese martial art of Daito Ryu Aiki

Daito Ryu Aiki Bujutsu
Information web site for the Fuji yama dojo, affiliated with Daito Ryu Seishinkai, and the Dai Nippon Daito Ryu Aiki Bujutsu Rengokai.

Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu
Tokyo, Japan. Organization lead by Kondo Katsuyuki, student of Takeda Tokimune.

Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Honbu
Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan. Official organization of the Takeda family art. Represented by senior students of Takeda Tokimune.

Daitoryu Aikijujutsu Roppokai - International homepage
Daito-ryu organization of Okamoto Seigo

Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Yamabushi Kai
Offshoot from Daito-ryu instructor Katsumi Yonezawa.

Saigo Ha Daito Ryu Aiki Bujutsu
Shiro Saigo line instead of Sokaku Takeda

Seishinkai International Association of Aikijujutsu
Nihon Daito-ryu Aikibudo (also see www.daito-ryu.com)

The White Oak Martial Arts Center
Daito Ryu Hakuho Kai dojo in Michigan






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