Kobayashi Kiyohiro is the Manager of the Takumakai and one of the most senior Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu practitioners in the world.

Twice a year, the Wakimachi Dojo organizes a large Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu seminar under the direction of Chiba Tsugutaka Sensei, a direct student of Takuma Hisa and Takeda Tokimune. I have been taking part in these seminars since 2009 and I have been accepted as a student in Chiba Sensei's Dojo. those pictures were taken during a private masterclass that Chiba Sensei gave in Wakimachi.

Every month, the Tokyo branch of the Takumakai invites its technical director, Kobayashi Kiyohiro Shihan, who also serves as the manager of the Takumakai. Kobayashi Sensei is a direct student of Takuma Hisa and he has also studied under Ueshiba Kisshomaru at the Aikikai and Shioda Gozo at the Yoshinkan, making him a living link between Daito-ryu and Aikido.