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Sokaku Takeda

Headmaster / Sensei

Legendary samurai warrior and grandmaster who globalized Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu (teacher of Ueshiba and Choi).

Quick Facts

Date of Birth10/10/1859
Date of Death4/25/1943
Era19th–20th century
Country of OriginJapan (Aizu)Japan (Aizu)
Rank / TitleRestorer of Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu
Active Years1880–1943

Biography

Takeda Sokaku systematized and taught Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu across Meiji and Taisho Japan. His joint-locking and Aiki-mechanics directly sired both Aikido and Hapkido.

Associated Martial Arts

Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsuFounder→

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.