Kyoju Dairi 教授代理

Teaching assistant. Certification awarded to high-ranking practitioners of DAITO-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU by Sokaku TAKEDA. Knowledge of the following techniques was required: SHODEN MOKUROKU (118 techniques), Aiki No Jutsu (53 techniques), HIDEN OGI (36 techniques) and GO SHIN’YO NO TE (84 techniques).

List of recipients of the kyoju dairi from Sokaku Takeda:

Sato, Kanmi (1902)

Shimoe, Shutaro (1903)

Harada, Shinzo (1903)

Mikami, Tomiji (1907)

Sagawa, Nenokichi (1913)

Yoshida, Kotaro (1915)

Ueshiba, Morihei (September 1922)*

Asano, Seikyo (1922)

Sagawa, Yukiyoshi (1924)

Matsuda, Hosaku (1928)

Miyano, Hikojiro (August 1929)*

Matsuda, Hosaku (August 1929)*

Mae, Kikutaro (1929)

Horikawa, Taiso (10 January 1930)*

Sato, Seishiro (1932)

Sato, Keisuke (June 1935)*

Hisa, Takuma (October 1936)*

Yoshimura, Yoshiteru (1936)

Yokoyama, Eijiro (June 1936)*

Nakatsu, Heizaburo (1937)*

Akune, Masayoshi (1937)*

Kawazoe, Kuniyoshi (1937)*

Takahashi, Jun’ichi (27 February 1937)*

Kusumoto, Koichiro (27 February 1937)*

Tonedate, Masao (1937)*

Harada, Jozaburo (1937)

Togawa, Tadae (1939)

Uchida, Suematsu (1939)

Tei, Kaichi (1939)

Yamamoto, Kakuyoshi (1941)

* Names marked with asterisks have been verified in the eimeiroku of Sokaku Takeda. Other names are as listed in Kiyoshi Watatani’s Bugei Ryuha Daijiten on pp. 520-21. Several errors and omissions in this book have been corrected in this listing. The list of names compiled here may not be exhaustive as evidence exists that not all of Sokaku’s eimeiroku have survived.

Translation of the text of the kyoju dairi certificate awarded to Morihei Ueshiba by Sokaku Takeda

“Instructor Certification Morihei Ueshiba

1. When accepting students for instruction in Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu, be careful to choose persons of good conduct.

2. When instructing students, require them to write their address, name, age, location of their dojo, and the terms of their instruction in a registration book together with their seal by way of authentification.

3. When instructing students, an initial payment of three yen shall be made to Takeda Dai Sensei as an enrollment fee.

15 September 1922″