Izao (Sensei)

Sensei / Master

20th-century Japanese master, instructor of Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu and traditional Budo.

Quick Facts

Date of Birth20. století

Era20th century

Country of OriginJapan

Rank / TitleDaito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu Master

Active Years1950–1990

Biography

Master Izao trained in post-war Japan within classical Aiki-jujutsu lineages, demonstrating refined joint-locking and balance-disruption tactics.

Associated Martial Arts

Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsuNotable figure→

The school from which aikido came. The Takeda family traces it to the eleventh century, but it was demonstrably established as a public art only by Takeda Sokaku in the 1890s.