Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu is the only book in English to explore the life of the enigmatic and talented Sokaku Takeda and the history of his traditional Aizu clan art.
Through interviews with Sokaku’s top students (and their relatives) such as Tokimune Takeda, Yukiyoshi Sagawa, Chieko Horikawa, Yusuke Inoue, Takuma Hisa, Keisuke Sato, Katsuyuki Kondo, Hakaru Mori, and Seigo Okamoto, this volumes explores the character of the man and the art that came to form the technical basis of the modern art of aikido. Also features a unique photographic technical sampler. Compiled with the support of Daito-ryu Hombucho Kondo Katsuyuki.