Sakakibara Kenkichi
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Sakakibara Kenkichi was a Japanese samurai and martial artist. He was the fourteenth headmaster of the Jikishinkage school of sword fighting. Through his Jikishinkage contacts he rose to a position of
Sakakibara Kenkichi wandering in the mountains, Kawanabe Kyōsai, c. 1874
Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu
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Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu, originally called Daitō-ryū Jujutsu, is a Japanese martial art that first became widely known in the early 20th century under the headmastership of Takeda Sōkaku. Takeda had ex
Retouched photograph of Takeda Sokaku, c. 1888
The Asahi Newspaper office in Osaka, Japan, where many Daitō-ryū techniques were preserved on film as originally taught by both Morihei Ueshiba and Takeda Sōkaku
The University of Tsukuba, where members of the Sagawa branch teach aiki-jūjutsu today