| Later name of DAITO-RYU
JUJUTSU which first appears in the EIMEIROKU of Sokaku
TAKEDA in the Taisho
period. His son and present headmaster, Tokimune
TAKEDA, explains
that the difference in terms was due to the fact that Sokaku taught
AIKI arts to various groups who had a particular need for such
training such as police officers, hence the use of the term aikijujutsu.
The Daito-ryu concept of aiki implies an early neutralization of
the attack. The aikido version states that aiki was first added
while Sokaku Takeda was instructing in Ayabe
in 1922 at the suggestion
of Onisaburo DEGUCHI. The entry for the first seminar in which
Morihei UESHIBA participated shows that he studied the art of Daito-ryu
Jujutsu. Entries from 1922 read Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu. |