Documentary on Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu at the Takumakai, the organisation created by Hisa Takuma Sensei who received his Menkyo-kaiden form Takeda Sokaku himself. Takumakai is a Traditional Martial Arts Association in... more »
Jikishin Ryu is an old style of japanese Jujutsu (Koryu). It was founded by Terada Kanemon Masashige in the mid 1600’s. Masashige was born in 1616, and he studied Tenjin Shinyo Ryu with his father and grandfather who were masters. There were already ground techniques in this art. Later he studied Kito Ryu, which focuses on... more »
Takenouchi-ryū is one of the oldest jujutsu koryū in Japan. It was founded in 1532, the first year of Tenbun on the twenty-fourth of the sixth lunar month by Takenouchi Chūnagon Daijō Nakatsukasadaiyū Hisamori, the lord of Ichinose Castle in Sakushū. Although it is famous for its jūjutsu, Takenouchi Ryū is actually a complete... more »
Jigoro Kano founded the art of Kano jujutsu (early Judo). The style incorporates the best techniques form a variety of jujutsu schools of the time with the philosophy of mutual welfare and personal development. Modern Judo has evolved into a grappling sport. Kano jujutsu had maintained the original teachings while also incorporating influences form... more »
Kenjutsu may be studied as a separate art or as a subordinate art of another major system. The art of the sword is the core of Samurai martial training and is the key to superior function and... more »
Sasuga is a martial arts club, which operates in Helsinki, Finland. They practice mainly a Japanese martial art called Daito ryu Aikijujutsu. For more information go to www.sasuga.fi. PART... more »
Fusen Ryu is possibly one of the youngest jujutsu school. Fusen Ryu jujutsu style goes back only to the end of Edo Period (Bakumatsu). The art is well known for it’s practicality and influence on modern day ground work and submission. Though a Koryu, Randori is still a common practice today. In 1900, Kodokan... more »
Hakkō-ryū Jujutsu is a school or ‘style’ of jujutsu related to Daito-ryu founded in 1941 by Okuyama Ryuho (1901–1987) a student of Sokaku Takeda and a practitioner of shiatsu. Many techniques of this school are very similar to those of the Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu. The school is now headed by his son who took the... more »
Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu, is a Japanese martial art that first became widely known in the early 20th century under the headmastership of Takeda Sokaku. Takeda had extensive training in several martial arts (including Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū and sumo) and referred to the style he taught as “Daitō-ryū” (literally, “Great Eastern School”). Although the school’s traditions... more »
Kajukenbo is an American hybrid martial art. The name Kajukenbo is a portmanteau of the various arts from which its style is derived: KA for Karate and Tang Soo Do Korean Karate, JU for Judo and Jujutsu, KEN for Kenpo and BO for Western and Chinese Boxing. It was developed in the late 1940s... more »
Gongkwon Yusul is a modern Korean martial art system founded by Kang Jun in 1996.Its main influences include the martial arts of Hapkido, Hakko-ryu Jujutsu, Judo and Kyuk Too Ki (Korean style ThaiBoxing/Shootboxing). Gongkwon Yusul is a system which emphasises the application of striking, locking, and throwing techniques in practical, free-flowing fighting situations, rather... more »
Hikikomi Gaeshi also known as pulling-in counter, is one of the preserved throwing techniques of japanese Jujutsu. It belonged to the fourth group, Yonkyo, of the 1895 Gokyo no Waza lists of Judo. It is categorized as a front sacrifice technique, Ma-sutemi. [From... more »
Hontai Yōshin-ryū is a traditional (koryū) school of Japanese martial arts founded c.1660, by Takagi Shigetoshi. Some sources give Takagi’s middle name as Setsuemon, while others give it as Oriemon. This school was active during the Edo period, especially dominant in the Himeji-han and Ako-han. The present headmaster (sōke) is Inoue Kyoichi Munenori who... more »
Koshiki no Kata (ancient ) is a kata (a set of prearranged techniques) in Judo. It is also known as Kito ryu no Kata. It consists of 21 techniques originally belonging to the Kito School of Jujutsu. Jigoro Kano revised the techniques and incorporated them into a kata in order to preserve the historical... more »
Real Aikido is a martial art developed by Ljubomir Vračarević, a self-defence instructor from Serbia. It is a mixture of aikido, and jujutsu techniques, with some modifications made by Vračarević. The Real Aikido defense system includes unarmed techniques, as well as defense against weapons such as knife, pistol, etc. It includes Aikido/Jujutsu techniques simplified... more »
Judo and Aikido came from traditional Japanese Jujutsu. Both martial arts belong to modern Budo (way of the warrior). Judo aggressively attacks and defends major joints (knees, shoulders and so on), using triangular and circular movement. One “wins” either through submission -typically a shoulder lock/arm bar or choke hold- or through a really clean... more »
Kuatsu, is the medical art of the restoration of life. This art is designed to resuscitate persons who have fainted or who have been knocked unconscious. Originally it was felt that Kuatsu should be employed for reviving victims of attacks. Later, however, it was discovered that this art was also effective in some cases... more »