- Takuma Hisa
Takuma Hisa (久 琢磨 "Hisa Takuma", c.1895–
1980-10-31 ) was a prominent Japanesemartial artist , early student inDaito-ryu aiki-jujutsu of bothSokaku Takeda andaikido founderMorihei Ueshiba .Born in
Kōchi Prefecture ,Japan ; in his youth, he was asumo wrestler. He was captain of the sumo club at Kobe Business School (nowKobe University ) and won the All-Kansai Student Sumo Championship. He later became the director of General Affairs at the Asahi News inOsaka . He was advised to learn the technique of Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu for self-defense and was introduced to Ueshiba, becoming one of his early prewar students. Later (in 1936) he studied directly under Takeda when the latter came teaching at the Asahi News dojo. He received theKyoju Dairi (teaching certification) a year later and was awarded theMenkyo kaiden rank in 1939, directly from Takeda. He later became one of the most prominent teachers of Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu. In 1959, he established theKansai Aikido Club to teach the techniques of Ueshiba and Takeda. Hisa is also remembered for compiling a catalogue of techniques from photographs taken at the Asahi News dojo featuring both Ueshiba and Takeda. The catalogue constitutes today an invaluable historical source for the early development ofaikido . He also held the rank of 8th dan insumo and 5th dan injudo .External links
*http://www.aikidojournal.com/encyclopedia.php?entryID=267
See also
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Daito-ryu (Hisa branch)
*Shogen Okabayashi (Takumakai section)
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