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Takeda Sokaku (1859-1943)
Born in Hirosemura, Kawanuma-gun, Aizu near Aizubange-cho, in present-day Fukushima Prefecture, Takeda Sokaku was the second son of Sokichi Takeda. Takeda was the primary disseminator of Daitoryu Aikijujutsu in 20th-century Japan. He traveled extensively throughout Japan, giving seminars mainly to well-to-do persons, police and military officers. He left behind extensive written records in the form of Eimeiroku and Shareikoku documents which give a good idea of the extent of his teaching activities. Takeda’s form of jujutsu is the most successful of the surviving Japanese schools, and his technical influence on Aiki Budo and, hence, modern aikido, is great. He was reputed to have taught some 30,000 students during his long career. Takeda first taught Morihei Ueshiba in Engaru, Hokkaido in 1915. Among his other students of note were Kotaro Yoshida, Yukiyoshi Sagawa, Kodo Horikawa and Takuma Hisa. Takeda was succeeded by his son, Tokimune.
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Sokaku Takeda Was a Truly Unique Master Who Revived Daito-Ryu Aiki-Jujutsu!
Sokaku Takeda
Master Sokaku Takeda (1859–1943) was known as the reviver and founder of the martial art Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu.
He was born in Aizu and grew up in a time of war and civil strife. He was the second son of Sokichi Takeda, a samurai of the Takeda clan who worked his farm and was a teacher at a local school in a Buddhist temple.
Sokaku's mother, was Tomi Kurokochi who was a daughter of Dengoro Kurokochi, a Yari and Kenjutsu master.
Sokaku received his first martial arts training with his father who had a dojo at their home. Sokichi was an specialist in sword (kenjutsu) and spjut (yari), and had also been a sumo wrestler with the rank of ozeki.
In 1873, Takeda traveled to the dojo of his father's friend, Sakakibara Kenkichi. There he stayed on as a live-in student and immersed himself in training.
He mastered many skills including sword (ken), staff (bo), half-bow (hankyu),
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Takeda Sōkaku (武田 惣角)
Despite the differences in performance of techniques and philosophical approach, Daito Ryu Aiki-jujutsu and Aikido are inseparably connected with each other through historical events, and both have a huge debt to each other.
"How many of you training Aikido are aware that practically every technique you do has its roots in Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu? And how many of those who train Daito Ryu have the idea that the current popularity of their martial arts, while virtually all other forms of jujutsu "have gone extinct", has come from the huge success of Aikido? As for both, there is no doubt about it. In spite of deep technical and philosophical differences, Daito Ryu and Aikido combine strong historical ties with those of Sokaku Takeda and Morihei Ueshiba. Takeda and Ueshiba were peculiar "giants" who left an indelible mark on the entire history of the evolution of the Japanese jujutsu."
Stanley Pranin