Nationality: | Traditional Japanese martial art |
School: | Takagi Yoshin-ryū |
Art1: | Jujutsu |
Description1: | Hybrid art, unarmed or with minor weapons |
Art2: | Bōjutsu |
Description2: | Staff art |
Art3: | Kenjutsu |
Description3: | Sword art |
Art4: | Iaijutsu |
Description4: | Sword drawing art |
Art5: | Naginatajutsu |
Description5: | Glaive art |
Art6: | Tessenjutsu |
Description6: | Iron fan art |
Art7: | Hojōjutsu |
Description7: | Rope-tying and restraining art |
Art8: | Sakkatsuhō |
Description8: | Resuscitation methods |
Ancestors: | Takenouchi-ryū, Kukishin-ryū |
Takagi Yoshin-ryū ("Takagi Heart of the Willow School") was 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] Tagaki 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 Tagaki and Kukishin styles in the 17th century led to further cross-training between the two schools.[1]