(1910-9 February 2000). B. Kagoshima Prefecture. Began kendo as a boy and entered the Daidokan Dojo at 17 with the goal of becoming a kendo professional. One of the top students of famous swordsman Hakudo NAKAYAMA...
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Josh GoldNikyo 二教
Second teaching; refers to several types of pressures applied against the wrist of the attacker in order to break his balance.
Ofudesaki
The automatic, trance writings of Nao DEGUCHI, foundress of the Omoto religion. By her death in 1918, she completed nearly ten thousand folios, equivalent to about 100,000 sheets.
Yutaka Otsuki 大槻豊
First taught DAITO-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU by Sokaku TAKEDA. Later became the calligraphy teacher of Seiseki ABE who studied aikido under Morihei UESHIBA and who later became the founder’s calligraphy teacher. Otsuki was...
Menkyo Kaiden 免許皆伝
Certificate of advanced proficiency. Highest certificate of proficiency awarded in many traditional Japanese martial art systems. Sokaku TAKEDA is known to have awarded DAITO-RYU AIKIJUJUTSU menkyo kaiden to Takuma HISA...