Duke Meade
White Belt
I have been teaching Dai Wa Do for 20 years here in the USA . This Jujutsu and its training methods is the fruition of Sato Kimbei's life time study of martial arts.
Lets talk about it.
Lets talk about it.
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Trying not to step on Duke's toes here, but to fill in some details:
Daiwado Jujutsu (Big Peaceful Way Jujutsu, loosely translated, alternatively "the school [university] of the peaceful way of jujutsu") is the creation, as Duke said, of Sato Kinbei, based on the numerous arts he was taught over his life. Although best known in the Ninjutsu circles as a student of Takamatsu Toshitsugu (known as Takamatsu Sumisuke in Sato's lineages, which include Kukishin Ryu Bojutsu, Hontai Takagi Yoshin Ryu Jujutsu, and Gikan Ryu Koppojutsu), Sato was also the student/successor of a number of other teachers, including Ueno Takashi (from whom he received his line of Asayama Ichiden Ryu Taijutsu), Suzuki Sensaku (from whom he received Yagyu Shingan Ryu), and Yamamoto Kakuyoshi (from whom he received a line of Daito Ryu Aikijutsu), and was a very well respected practitioner and teacher of Chinese methods, such as Xing'i, Bagua, and Taiji. He combined what he learnt as being the most important aspects from all these sources to create Daiwado as a single approach, drawing from each of the systems he learnt. As well as passing on his teachings in the form of Daiwado, Sato was also a teacher of Tanemura Shoto (Tsunehisa), Kancho (President) of the Genbukan, after Tanemura had left the Bujinkan (the story of the two men's meetings is an interesting one, with the idea of synchronicity playing a role). Individual Ryu-ha material is sometimes shown by members of Daiwado, instead of the more "homogenized" approach, such as Yagyu Shingan Ryu, as Elder mentioned above. From what I've seen, there isn't a large presence outside of Japan at this point. Sato passed away in January, 1999, at the age of 73.
Some of the most prominent arts (aside from Daiwado itself) taught are Asayama Ichiden Ryu Taijutsu (this line only retains it's unarmed, although there are aspects of weaponry taught as variations to the taijutsu patterns later in the training), Yagyu Shingan Ryu Heiho (an armoured form of grappling and striking, very different to many other Japanese systems, and instead showing a large Chinese influence), Daito Ryu, Hontai Takagi Yoshin Ryu, Tenjin Shin'yo Ryu, Kukishin Ryu, and other weapon arts (including sword), as well as the Chinese systems.
That said, I feel this thread would be better suited to the Jujutsu forum, rather than the general one, or the Koryu or Ninjutsu forums, considering the arts taught (and the connection to Takamatsu and the Genbukan).
Sorry for the long pause, something came up. Dai Wa Do has elements of Asayama Ichiden Ryu. For example, Eta nage the 5th waza of Jodan no Kurai ni ju te of Asayama Ichiden Ryu . Dai Wa Do does not begin it's teaching with throws . It begins with joint reversals and restraint holds. The object in the beginning (Shoden) teachings of this Jujutsu is learning about joint reversal science. The Eta nage is taught in the throwing science division, and all of it is taught at same time depending. Begins with grab reversal then strike , pull to floor and pinned in various ways.