ONO-HA ITTO-RYU TAKEDA-DEN
Ono-ha Itto-ryu is a traditional kenjutsu school (a
sub-style of the Itto School) created around 1580 by Ono
Tadaaki. Ono was a disciple of Ito Ittosai, who in turn
founded the Itto-ryu. Ono-ha Itto-ryu was the Shogun’s
kenjutsu school until the Meiji restoration (1868). The senior
captains and commanders of the Tokugawa Shogun guards came
from the Aizu clan that were taught this Kenjutsu stile.
Takeda Sokaku (1860-1943) learned this sword style not from
his family, but from Toma Shibuya in Aizu at the Yokikan dojo.
Sokaku then left to go on a period of austere training where
he travelled, fought and trained at the schools of many
teachers, a not uncommon practice of the time. Reputedly,
Sokaku spent some time as a live-in student of Kenkichi
Sakakibara, headmaster of the Jikishinkage-ryu and considered
to be one of the most famous and skilled swordsmen of the era.
TAKEDA TOKIMUNE
» Tokimune Takeda wrote:
[...] The Ono-ha Itto-ryu of Shibuya Toma was
transmitted in the castle of Edo by Ono Jiroemon Tadatsune
to Hoshina Masayuki an since then it has always been
transmitted by daimyo of Aizu [...]
[...] The members of the family Shibuya had been occupying
the role of trusted doctors of the damyo of Aizu since
different generations, and had in the Sakashitacho area the
dojo Yokikan where ha taught the Ono-ha Itto-ryu Toma sensei
[...]
[...] Among the several certificates of Takeda Sokaku
there's one written at the beginning with the following
delivery : “Takeda Sokaku director of the central branch
(Honbu-cho) of the Daito-ryu Jujutsu, 63 Oaza Onikeda
Hirose-mura Kawanuma-gun Fukushima-ken, Shibuya Toma´s
pupil, once Hanshi of Aizu and of the Ono-ha Itto-ryu” [...]
TAKEDA SOKAKU
Takeda Sokaku was named Aizu’s "tengu" for his formidable
fencing ability (in feudal Japan a tengu are a type of
legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion and are
also considered a type of Shinto god (kami) or yokai
(supernatural beings). Naturally Sokaku transmitted to his son
Tokimune (1915-1993) his fencing knowledge, which, in turn
taught Ono-ha Itto-ryu kenjutsu to his disciples. Today at the
dojo of Abashiri it is practiced in the traditional style of
kumidachi, which is a particular manner of representing sword
fighting in Japan. Students who train make use of bokuto
(which is a wood imitation of the katana). The uchidachi (who
is the student guiding the kata) wears thick gloves called
"Onigote".
TAKEDA SOKAKU'S CERTIFICATE
◯ Source : book
"Daito-ryu Aikibudo, History and Technique"
大東流合気武道大東会
