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Takuma Hisa (久 琢磨 Hisa Takuma, c.1895 – October 31, 1980) was a prominent Japanese martial artist, early student in Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu of both Sokaku Takeda and aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba. Born in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan; in his youth, he was a sumo wrestler.
- Early Life and Successes in Sumo
- Practice Under Ueshiba Morihei
- Practice Under Takeda Sokaku
- The Highest Daito-Ryu Credentials
- Life After Asahi
- Publishing and Promotion Work
- Aikido Connection
- Setting Up The Kansai Aikido Club
- Establishment of The Takumakai
Due to his father’s passing in June 1909, Hisa had to drop out from 8th grade and start working to support his family. He joined Wada Shokai, a paper manufacturer in Kochi City in August 1909 and stayed until it closed its doors the following December. Hisa was then invited by one of his sisters to move with her to Osaka in April 1910 in order to a...
With the newspaper facing the terrorist threat, Ishii Mitsujiro decided to invite Ueshiba Morihei, a famous martial artist who had the reputation of teaching an effective martial art that was suitable for security guards, in order to have him teach the security team at the Osaka Headquarters of the journal. At the time, Hisa and his family were liv...
The story goes that on June 21st, 1936, a strange old man came uninvited to the reception room of the Asahi newspaper in Osaka. Striking the floor with an iron stick in his right hand and with a short sword in his left, he would have said loudly: This is a version that Hisa would often repeat, but there exist various records that differ quite consi...
Unlike Ueshiba, Takeda awarded a number of certificates to the group. Hisa was appointed kyoju dairi5 on October 1st, 1936. The kyoju dairi allows its bearer to teach as a representative of his teacher. Often their would be a financial arrangement akin to a franchise. In this case, it is written that: “When instructing students, an initial payment ...
Hisa was transferred to the Asahi Journal’s Printing Bureau in December 1940 so he left the company housing and moved to Yamamoto, Yatsuo-cho, Nakagawachi. He became Deputy Director of the Printing Bureau in 1942. Following an incident having to do with the disappearance of goods, for which Hisa took the blame for another worker, he was reassigned ...
Hisa was not only proactive in promoting Daito-ryu on the tatamiduring classes, seminars and demonstration, he also published a number of books and articles, making use of the ample photographic record at his disposal. He published his first book, Kannagara no Budo, Daito-ryu Aiki Budo Hiden (惟神の武道・大東流合気武道秘伝) in 1940. As far as we know, it was the ...
Unlike what many practitioners think, Hisa was not on bad terms with Ueshiba Morihei and they re-established contact in the early fifties. Hisa was even awarded the 8th dan in aikido by Morihei on May 23rd, 1956 at the Kobukan Dojo in the presence of Ueshiba Kisshomaru. It was the highest grade that Morihei would award at the time. Following this, ...
Ishii Mitsujiro encouraged Hisa to open a club and pass on his knowledge of Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu. Funding was provided by the Kansai business community and Hisa was able to open the Kansai Aikido Club on the 3rd floor of Saitama Building, Midosuji Awaji-cho, Higashi-ku, Osaka on October 10th, 1959. Ishii Mitsujiro giving a speech at Hisa's Kansai...
Hisa’s students continued their training and after some time, they established formal contact with the students of one of Hisa’s fellow Asahi practitioner, Nakatsu Heisaburo, who had their own group in Shikoku. Nakatsu's student Makita Kan'ichi was notably active in organizing the early meeting between the Osaka and Shikoku groups. This led to the ...
May 8, 2016 · Here you see the dynamic Takuma Hisa executing a Daito-ryu projection technique sometime in the late 1930s in Osaka. The imprint of Morihei’s instruction is readily apparent in this beautiful photo.
May 21, 2019 · The following interview with Takuma Hisa was conducted by Stanley Pranin on April 14th, 1979 at his home in Nishi Ogikubo, Tokyo. Hisa was a student of Ueshiba Morihei, and subsequently Takeda Sokaku 1 in the 30s in Osaka.
Jan 15, 2020 · Hisa Takuma is the only person to have received this title directly from Takeda Sokaku. This suggests that the shihan dairi (師範代理, deputy teacher) was a formal title given by Takeda, which is unusual since it is a relatively recent title compared to the traditional system.
Oct 8, 2016 · Takuma Hisa occupies a unique place in the history of pre-war Aikido. One of the major students of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba in Osaka, he also went on to became one of the major students of Daito-ryu Chuku-no-so Sokaku Takeda, Morihei Ueshiba’s instructor,
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Master Takuma Hisa went on to become one of the most prominent teachers of Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu. In 1959, he opened the Kansai Aikido Club to teach the techniques of Morihei Ueshiba and Sokaku Takeda.
