Who is Sokaku Takeda

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic by 20 people | Log in to rate

Ranked #2,589 in People, #48,893 overall

The Great Sokaku Takeda Master of Daito ryu Aikijujitsu

Sokaku Takeda

Sokaku Takeda, who revived Daitoryu Aiki jujitsu, was born in 1860 in the town of Aizu Sakashita in Fukushima prefecture.  Sokaku Takeda was the 35th Grand Master of the Daitoryu tradition that had stemmed from Kunitsugu Takeda.  Sokaku Takeda, was always carrying around his kendo equipment, on visits to different fencing schools. 

Sokaku Takeda, then head of the family, began to teach the art outside the Takeda household, travelling widely throughout the recently unified Japan and finally settling in Hokkaido.  Sokaku Takeda had also studied other martial arts and he incorporated his knowledge of these plus his practical experience into the Daitoryu which he taught to select groups of military officers, police officials and aristocrats.

Jujutsu

Takeda's form of jujutsu is the most successful of surviving Japanese schools and his technical influence on AIKI BUDO and, hence, modern day aikido is great.  In 1880 he was initiated into Daitoryu Aikijujutsu, which at that time was a secret form of jujutsu being practiced by the Aizu clan called Oshikiuchi.Morihei Ueshiba Sensei studied the art from 1915 to 1937 and received instructors certification in the art(Kyoju Dairi) and also the Goshin'yo no te scroll, of which was the highest level of Daito Ryu awarded in those days.  In fact, with out Takeda Sensei's teachings, Aikido in its present form, would probablly never exist today.

Although very small and hard to find, Daito Ryu Aiki Ju Jutsu has remained remarkably intact, since Takeda Sokaku Sensei started disemminating the art through out Japan at the turn of the century.  Kondo Sensei is now the only living Daito Ryu Master to hold the Menkyo Kaiden, a license indicating that all knowledge has been transmitted to the receiver and the Kyoju Dairi, an instructors certification in the art.  Kondo Sensei himself has made a life long study of the Japanese MartialArts.  Kondo Sensei has been accepting non Japanese students since 1988.

Students

Among Sokaku's students during this period was Makoto Miura who later became a famous general and supporter of Morihei UeshibaMorihei Ueshiba (1883-1969) was one of Sokaku's most famous students.  Further, Ueshiba, now an accredited teacher of Daito-ryu, awarded scrolls of proficiency to his direct students until quite probably as late as 1937.  When Takeda Sokaku taught Daito-ryu to someone, he had the students write their names on the Eimeiroku ( the signature ).

 

Sokaku Takeda Daito-ryu style of ju jutsu 

The Aikido world has high traces of Daito-ryu in its sylabus, you can hear it in the techniques of Yoshinkan as founded by Gozo Shioda of the early years with Morihei Ueshiba still then using Daito-ryu Techniques in his training, the techniques in yoshinkan ikkajo, nikkajo, sankkajo, yonkkajo.

Ju Jitsu Daito Ryu Videos 

YouTube thumbnail
Quantum Jujitsu Demo with Sens...

Runtime: 1:10 | 1341781 views | Comments

YouTube thumbnail
Quantum Jujitsu class and spar...

Runtime: 3:36 | 455140 views | Comments

YouTube thumbnail
JU-JITSU : FORBIDDEN TECHNIQUE...

Runtime: 1:06 | 568355 views | Comments

YouTube thumbnail
Ju Jitsu Dai-Ki Dojo Catania

Runtime: 3:05 | 113145 views | Comments

YouTube thumbnail
Ju-jutsu full contact

Runtime: 6:29 | 59582 views | Comments

YouTube thumbnail
Fighting Ju Jitsu

Runtime: 0:53 | 155770 views | Comments

automatically generated by YouTube"

Sokaku Takeda at a Glance 

Takeda Sokaku (?? ?? Takeda S?kaku, October 10, 1859-April 25, 1943) was known as the founder of a school of jujutsu known as Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu.

Quick, what do you think of Sokaku Takeda? 

Loading poll. Please Wait...

The Latest Yahoo News on Sokaku Takeda ju jitsu 

Ju Jitsu Techniques by Takeda

Loading Fetching RSS feed... please stand by

Pay your respect for Sokaku Takeda! 

Please leave your thoughts on Sokaku Takeda Sensei

Q Was his style the forerunner for modern day Aikido
Q Is this style the original Jujitsu or another branch
Q Does your style of Jujitsu have its roots elsewhere

****Please if you liked this lens would you mind voting at the top of the pags as this all helps to keep it going****

Cheers.

submit
  • Reply
    adam adam Nov 10, 2009 @ 2:43 pm
    am researching the roots of our style sakura kan, seems to stem direcly from sokaku via sugawara gesshu

Sokaku Takeda on Flickr 

Sokaku Takeda Daito ryu Jujitsu

Randy Couture with fans - UFC 100 Fan Expo - Mandalay Bay Casino, Las Vegas by Kaloozer

Randy Couture with f...

Karate by Daquella manera

Karate

Jujitsu Em by jemsweb

Jujitsu Em

the teen by egarc2

the teen

automatically generated by Flickr

P.S. If you buy something from this page... 

... you'll automatically be making a donation to The Acumen Fund, working to solve global poverty.

Doesn't that feel good?

by Swiftwalker

Welcome to my lenses they are all on varied Topics of interest and Information! (more)

Explore related pages

Swiftwalker Recommends...

Create a Lens!