Aiki Canada, Oshawa, ON

The origin of Daito ryu aiki jujutsu can be traced to emperor Seiwa (850 A.D).

Long kept a secret under the Minamoto clan, the art was used by the Emperor’s army and private guard. Controlled by Japanese nobility, appointed official martial art of the Shogun’s residence by Hoshina Masayuki in the late 1600’s, Daito techniques were transmitted from generation to generation.

Through the centuries numerous masters of this discipline were important war lords, such as Shingen Takeda, the most famous in Japanese culture. Among his descendants, whose destinies were intimately linked with Daitoryu, we find Sokaku Takeda, a master and reviver of the art.