Renshinkan Daito Ryu

 Daitōryū Aiki-jūjutsu (大東流合氣柔術 in short: Daitōryū)  is a 1200 year old Samurai martial art, is considered one of the oldest  and noblest schools for martial arts in Japan and is a national  cultural asset. Daitōryū is a traditional Japanese martial art, which  was founded in 1087 by Shinra Saburō Minamoto no Yoshimitsu (新羅 三郎 源 義光,  (1056-1127), samurai of the Minamoto clan, third son of Yoriyoshi  Minamoto, de-scendant of the fifth generation of the emperor of Japan,  the Minamoto dy-nasty Fujiwara Seiwa. The fighting system, named after  Yoshi-mitsu's residence, later became known as Daitōryū. This art was  ostensibly trained over several centuries within the Takeda branch of  the Minamoto lineage as a family secret. At the end of the 19th century,  Daitōryū was first publicly taught by Takeda Sōkaku.

Daitōryū  Aiki-jūjutsu 大 東 (Daito = residence) 流 (ryu = school) 合 (Ai = harmony)  氣 (ki = breath, energy), 柔 術 (Jujutsu = gentle art) is a form of  Jujutsu. It includes techniques of close combat like: Atemi-Waza (punch  and kick techniques), Shime-Waza (strangulation  techniques), Kansetsu-Waza (techniques of joint locking), Osae-Waza  (grappling techniques), Nage-Waza (throwing techniques), Aikinojutsu (throwing  an opponent on the floor with Aiki), Kyusho-waza (pressure on vital  points of the human body). A practitioner studies the use of some of the  ancient weapons of Bushi (such as Katana, Bo, etc.). The many  techniques of Aikijujutsu are transferred and catalogued in scrolls  (densho), which in this case of Hiden Mokuroku are divided into a series  (kajo) with increasing difficulty of execution.

Daitō ryū  Aiki-jūjutsu is a traditional Japanese martial art that was developed as a means of self-defense against  unprovoked violence, with the ultimate goal of eliminating violence  rather than causing it. This is one of the reasons why Daitō ryū relies  on forms (kata) and their practice, but does not involve any kind of  competition. Moreover, as a classical Japanese martial art,  Daitō ryū  means more than just pure self-defense; It offers a way to tame your  body and mind with the intention of developing your personal character  and contributing to the broader social prosperity.