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Aikijujutsu

The root of aikido.

Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu, spread by Takeda Sokaku in the late 19th century: joint locks, throws and pins using the attacker’s own force. Morihei Ueshiba studied it before creating aikido.

Fact file

Country
Japan
Founder / origin
Sokaku Takeda (Daito-ryu)
Year / period
late 19th century
Type
Grappling & wrestling
Style of
Jujutsu
Sources: Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Takumakai / Encyclopaedia Britannica

History

Aikijujutsu usually means Daito-ryu, a Japanese art of joint locks, throws and pins. Its tradition traces it back to the Minamoto clan in the 11th century, but it became known when Sokaku Takeda taught it widely in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Takeda's students included Morihei Ueshiba, who created aikido, and Choi Yong-sul, whose teaching led to Korean hapkido.