If one picks out the Kakete from the practical techniques taught by Hisa sensei and adds them to this number then it can be thought that the total number of Kakete transmitted to the Takumakai easily surpasses one-hundred. In the nine volumes of the complete Soden set of photographs alone there are some fifty-plus techniques, approximately ten percent of the total 547 technical methods noted. Upon investigation, we can see that in the Takumakai many techniques using this Kakete technical method have been transmitted in the practical technique section of the Soden collection of photographs. I have had a continuing interest in what, specifically, these techniques were, and how they differ from the better known Ukete Aiki techniques.Ī page from the Soden (総伝) – a standing kata-dori irimi technique From the beginning the technique has no relation to the attack of the opponent, and must function independently as an Aiki technique. Therefore, when applying such techniques there is no way of utilizing the opponent’s method of attack. However, Kakete techniques are, basically speaking, applied at the stage in which the opponent’s attack has not yet occurred, applied pre-emptively without waiting for the opponent’s attack. Put another way, if the grasping attack of the opponent is not there then the technique cannot be applied. These Aiki techniques are applied by using the grasping attack of the opponent to one’s forearm in reverse. These techniques all begin after receiving an attack (in this case an attack grabbing one’s forearm) from the opponent, in a classic example of Ukete Aiki techniques. Why have I had such an interest? Originally, the principles and techniques of Aiki were all created from Ukete, and I was somewhat sceptical that those kinds of principles and techniques could be applied in the case of Kakete, where the position is so diametrically opposed.įor example, in the Takumakai the familiar wrist grabbing techniques such as “Aiki-age” and “Kate-dori/Ryote-dori Aiki-nage” are one example of Aiki techniques that are taught from the beginning levels. What has held the most interest for me is Aiki in Kakete, whether Aiki techniques can exist in Aiki, and if they exist what kind of techniques they might be. At each opportunity I have continued to research and practice these techniques. I have always had an interest in the existence of Kakete in Daito-ryu, and in the content of those techniques. Normally, Kakete is first taught only after one has significantly high rank.įor that reason, even among Takumakai members there are more than a few people who are unaware that Kakete exists in Daito-ryu. The converse of this situation is called “Ukete” (受手), in which technique is initiated after receiving an opponent’s attack. “Kakete” (掛手) is, when facing an opponent in combat, a technique that is applied to an opponent preemptively without waiting for an attack. (by Hakaru Mori, translated by Christopher Li)įrom issues 68 and 69 of the Takumakai Newsletter (琢磨会会報) You may also be interested in Hakaru Mori’s article “ The Aiki of Tenouchi“.ĭaito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu Takumakai Founder Takuma HIsa in his 40’s Hakaru Mori on Kakete and Aiki no Jutsu There are more than 1,500 photos all together. Today it is not very difficult to take photos, but in those days it wasn’t easy and it was only possible because of the Asahi Newspaper Company. ![]() ![]() During that time, his students would perform the techniques they learned that day and take photos. I understand that Hisa Sensei would take Ueshiba Sensei or Sokaku Sensei for a bath after practice and wash their backs. According to Hakaru Mori (Aiki News #89, July 1989): Since this type of photography was unusual among traditional arts at the time this involved some small amount of misdirection on the part of Takuma Hisa and his students. In this article there is some mention of the “Soden”, a large collection of photographs in nine volumes collected by the students at Takuma Hisa’s Asahi Newspaper dojo depicting the techniques taught to them by both Morihei Ueshiba and Takuma Hisa. It originally appeared in issues number 68 and 69 of the Takumakai Newsletter. This article is the English translation of an article in Japanese written by Hakaru Mori. Hakaru Mori demonstrating at the 50th Anniversary of Sokaku Takeda’s passingĭaito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu Takumakai (大東流合気柔術琢磨会) General Director Hakaru Mori (森恕) began studying with Takuma Hisa in 1962. Mori sensei was instrumental in founding the Takumakai organization, something which Takuma Hisa himself initially opposed, and was eventually designated as the General Director (総務長 – the same title that was held at one time by Sokaku Takeda himself) of the Takumakai by Takuma Hisa.
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