Saito Yakutaro
Sensei
Japanese samurai master who preserved and transmitted the Shindo Muso-ryu Jodo staff fighting tradition.
Quick Facts
Date of Birth19. století
Date of Death19. století
Era19th century
Country of Origin
Japan
JapanRank / TitleShindo Muso-ryu Master
Active Yearsca 1850–1890
Biography
Saito Yakutaro was a senior master of Shindo Muso-ryu Jojutsu in late Edo Japan. His lineage preserved staff defenses against samurai swords that formed the basis for modern Police Jodo.
Associated Martial Arts
JodoNotable figure→
The Japanese art of the short staff against the sword. Modern seitei jodo has twelve kata, compiled by Shimizu Takaji for the ZNKR in 1968.
Shindo Muso-ryu JojutsuNotable figure→The Japanese school of the jō staff and the main root of jōdō. It arose in the early Edo period; its founder's duel with Musashi is legend, not record.