Takagi Yoshin Ryu Jutaijutsu
Heart of
the
In 1569, during the Yeiroku Era
(1568-1579), in the Funagata Yama area of Miyagi, lived a mountain priest from
the Abe family called Unryu (Cloud Dragon).The Bugei Ryu-ha Daijiten gives his name as Sounryu.He was an expert in shuriken, bojutsu, yari,
naginata and taijutsu from the Amatsu Tatara Rinpo Hiden Makimono.The Amatsu Tatara scroll was kept by the Abe,
Nakatomi, Otomo, and Monobe families.Takamatsu Sensei's family also posessed a copy, through their blood
relation with the Kuki family.
Unryu taught his system to Ito
Sukesada, a famous martial artist in his day (1570).He was a samurai from Katakura Kojuro in the
He revised, improved and expanded the
techniques that he learned from Ito, and put them together into what he called
Takagi Yoshin Ryu, naming it after himself.He studied hard to improve himself for the purpose of avenging his
father's murder.His father had gifted
him with the teaching "A willow is flexible, but a high tree is
breakable".
The style has been called many things
throughout its history, including Jutaijutsu, Jujutsu, and Dakentaijutsu.It has been heavily influenced by Takenouchi
Ryu Jujutsu, and Kukishin Ryu.In the
17th century, the soke of Takagi Yoshin Ryu, Takagi Gennoshin Hideshige, and
the soke of Kukishin Ryu, Ohkuni Kihei Shigenobu, fought a friendly match, and
became close friends.The two systems
exchanged information, and even became restructured as a result.The two systems passed down through history
very close to each other.
The style came to Toshitsugu Takamatsu
through Yoshitaro Tadefusa Mizuta in August of 1908, and to Masaaki Hatsumi in
May of 1959.
When applied, the techniques of Takagi
Yoshin Ryu go farther than those of Judo or Aikido, making it impossible to
roll or breakfall.>The throws are
intended to break the shoulder or neck of the opponent.
There are
seven levels of Takagi Yoshin Ryu:
Shoden no Kata- 14 techniques
Chuden no Sabaki Gata - 10 techniques
Chuden no Tai no Gata - 15
techniques
Okuden no Kata - 15 techniques
Eri Shime Gata - 8 techniques
Moguri Gata - 11 techniques
Daisho Sabaki Gata - 14 techniques
Takagi
Yoshin Ryu is one of the most extremely well-documented schools of the Bujinkan
System.There is much, much more than
you see here, and you can find a far more in-depth look at its history and
stories.
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Soke of
Takagi Yoshin Ryu
Unryu
Ito Kii Sukesada
Takagi,
Oriuemon Shigenobu - b. 1625 - d. 1711
Takagi,
Umannosuke Shigesada - b. 1655 - d. 1746
Takagi,
Gennoshin Hideshige - d. 1702
Ohkuni,
Kihei Shigenobu - Genroku era (1688)
Ohkuni,
Yakuburo Nobutoshi
Ohkuni,
Tarodayu Tadanobu
Ohkuni,
Kihei Yoshisada
Ohkuni,
Yozaemon Yoshisada
Nakayama,
Jinnai Sadahide
Ohkuni,
Takezaemon Hidenobu
Nakayama,
Kaemon Sadasaka
Ohkuni,
Kamahura Hidetoshi
Yagi,
Ikugoro Hisayashi - Tempo era (1830-1844)
Fujita,
Fujigoro Hisayoshi
Mizuta,
Yoshitaro Tadefusa
Takamatsu,
Toshitsugu Uoh - b. 1887 - d. 1972
Hatsumi,
Masaaki - b. 1931 -