Tagaki Yoshin-ryū

Takagi Yoshin-ryū
Ko-ryū
Arts taught
ArtDescription
JujutsuHybrid art, unarmed or with minor weapons
BōjutsuStaff art
KenjutsuSword art
IaijutsuSword drawing art
NaginatajutsuGlaive art
TessenjutsuIron fan art
HojōjutsuRope-tying and restraining art
SakkatsuhōResuscitation methods
Ancestor schools
Takenouchi-ryū, Kukishin-ryū

Takagi Yoshin-ryū ("Takagi Heart of the Willow School") is a school of Japanese martial arts. It was founded by Ito Sukesada, based on techniques that he learned from an ascetic named So Unryu. He taught this system to a samurai named Takagi Oriuemon Shingenobu, and Takagi's name was added to the school's.[1] Takagi was already a teacher of jutaijutsu, an unarmed grappling system similar to the Chinese art of taijiquan.[2] He was recognised as a shihan by Emperor Higashiyama in 1695.[1]

The Takagi-ryū was influenced by other arts, particularly Takenouchi-ryū and Kukishin-ryū. A match between the headmasters of the Takagi and Kukishin styles in the 17th century led to further cross-training between the two schools.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Remigiusz Borda; Marian Winiecki (18 March 2014). The Illustrated Ninja Handbook: Hidden Techniques of Ninjutsu. Tuttle Publishing. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-1-4629-1426-5.
  2. ^ Glenn Morris (31 March 1995). Shadow Strategies of an American Ninja Master. Frog Books. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-1-883319-29-8.
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