The Hidden Roots of Aikido: Aiki Jujutsu Daitoryu - Hardcover

This work introduces the techniques of a little-known ancient art. Like other martial arts, Aiki Jujutsu Daitoryu relies not on a practitioner's physical size or strength, but on turning the force used by an opponent against him. Aiki Jujitsu Daitoryu originated in the 12th century. The Daitoryu is a brutally effective fighting method thought to have been first developed more than a thousand years ago by members of the Japanese imperial family. It was then refined and honed in great secrecy through centuries of hand-to-hand combat by highly trained

Shiro Omiya studied Aiki Jujutsu Daitoryu with Kozui Tsuruyama, a second-generation disciple of Sokaku Takeda, the master who first introduced the Daitoryu to the world.