Kyūzō Mifune
Kyūzō Mifune was a Kodokan 10th-dan judoka known for technical precision, teaching, kata development, and influential writing on judo.
Japanese Martial Arts
Mataemon Tanabe
Mataemon Tanabe was a Fusen-ryū jujutsu teacher and judo hanshi whose groundwork became prominent in early inter-school contests.
Sakujirō Yokoyama
Sakujirō Yokoyama was an early Kodokan leader, teacher, curriculum contributor, and co-author of an influential judo manual.
Saigō Shirō
Saigō Shirō (1866–1922) was an early Kodokan judoka associated with Yama Arashi whose documented career became intertwined with the fictional hero Sanshirō Sugata.
Morihei Ueshiba
Morihei Ueshiba founded Aikido by transforming Daitō-ryū-derived technique through decades of teaching, religious thought, and institutional change.
Takeda Sōkaku
Takeda Sōkaku was the central documented transmitter of modern Daitō-ryū and the teacher who decisively shaped Morihei Ueshiba’s martial development.
Shibukawa-ryū Jūjutsu
Shibukawa-ryū Jūjutsu is a classical martial tradition founded by Shibukawa Bangorō Yoshikata, with Sekiguchi-ryū roots and later regional branches.
Yagyū Shingan-ryū
Yagyū Shingan-ryū comprises related classical Japanese martial lineages preserving jujutsu, armoured grappling, body methods, sword, staff, and other weapons.
Sekiguchi Shinshin-ryū Jūjutsu
Sekiguchi Shinshin-ryū is an early-Edo jujutsu tradition combining grappling, kogusoku, iai, and swordsmanship through the active principle of jū.
Takenouchi-ryū
Takenouchi-ryū is a classical Japanese martial tradition founded in 1532, known for kogusoku, grappling, weapons, arresting methods, and rope restraint.