Interviews
Interview with Kobayashi Kiyohiro, 8th Dan Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu
Kobayashi Kiyohiro is an 8th dan instructor of Daito-ry...
Interview with Chiba Tsugutaka, the guardian of Daito-ryu in Shikoku
Chiba Tsugutaka Shihan is one of the oldest practitione...
Newspaper Articles about Takeda Sokaku Part 1: The Recluse Bokuden of Our Times (1930)
Even though Takeda Sokaku was said to be rather reclusi...
Interview with Kobayashi Kiyohiro, Manager of the Takumakai
Kobayashi Kiyohiro Sensei is the manager of the Takumak...
Events
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Articles
Newspaper Articles about Takeda Sokaku Part 2: The Bokuden of our Time in Urawa (1936)
In this second part of our series dedicated to the various newspaper articles that featured Takeda Sokaku, we are going to examine a piece published in the Saitama edition of the Tokyo Nichinichi News...
Ueshiba Morihei’s Mysterious Scrolls Part 1: Aikijujutsu Mokuroku
In our previous series “Looking into the Secret Scrolls of Daito-ryu”, we investigated the technical evolution of Daito-ryu and its influence on Aikido. We saw that Daito-ryu probably started with Tak...
The History of Aiki: From Daito-ryu Jujutsu to Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu - A Thorough Look Into the Secret Scrolls of Daito-ryu Part 5
In this article series, we are investigating the secret scrolls of Daito-ryu in our quest to better understand the origin of Aikido. From the beginning, when Takeda Sokaku started teaching Daito-ryu J...
The Evolution of Basic Daito-ryu and Aikido Curriculum - A Thorough Look Into the Secret Scrolls of Daito-ryu Part 3
In this article series, we are investigating the secret scrolls of Daito-ryu looking for the hidden roots of Aikido. In Part 1, we analyzed the technical contents of the first scroll, hiden mokuroku, ...
Revisiting Assumptions: Twenty Years to Hiden Mokuroku - It Ain't Necessarily So
Event though the extent of the technical curriculum of some martial arts schools can be quite extensive, fellow koryu practitioners often express surprise at how large that of Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu i...
Lineage and Daito-ryu Mythology - A Thorough Look At the Secret Scrolls of Daito-ryu Part 2
Koryu scrolls are quite consistent in their format and the last section usually consists in the lineage of the school they are issued from, demonstrating the continuity and authenticity of the transmi...
A Thorough Look At the Secret Scrolls of Daito-ryu Part 1: Technical Contents
In a previous article, we proposed for the first time a detailed analysis of the top certificates that were awarded by Takeda Sokaku to his students, showing that at several points in time, a number i...
Menkyo Kaiden and the Evolution of Daito-ryu Certificates
In the koryu world, the term menkyo kaiden (免許皆伝) is often understood as “license of full transmission”, where it designates the highest level of exposure that an individual can receive in a certain m...
Soden: The Secret Technical Manual of Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu
Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu (大東流合気柔術) is usually thought of as a koryu, one of Japan’s ancient martial arts schools, but unfortunately, its origins are far less well documented than that of most others. Ho...
Kobayashi Hirokazu, a Daito-ryu Master? - It Ain't Necessarily So
Some time ago, Aikido Journal published excerpts from an email exchange between the late Stanley Pranin and André Cognard, who runs an independent Aikido group in Europe. The article highlights a so-c...
