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Takeda Tokimune

Soke / Kaicho

Japanese grandmaster, son of Sokaku Takeda, and founder of Daitokan dojo for systemizing Daito-ryu.

Quick Facts

Date of Birth8/25/1916
Date of Death12/2/1993
Era20th century
Country of OriginJapan (Hokkaido)Japan (Hokkaido)
Rank / Title36th Soke Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu
Active Years1943–1993

Biography

Takeda Tokimune succeeded his father Takeda Sokaku as 36th Soke of Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu. He established the Daitokan dojo in Abashiri, structuring cataloged technique levels.

Associated Martial Arts

Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsuMaster→

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.