daito-ryu.com

**shmuel** · Posted On: 1/29/2008 3:24pm

Anyone know these people?

http://www.daito-ryu.com/en/one.htm

Is it genuine Aikijujutsu? They don't seem to be listed by koryu.com or by Kondo.

Also noticed they claim that Daito Ryu includes yari, bojutsu, shuriken. Is this true?

**DCS** · Posted On: 1/29/2008 7:32pm

They are legit from a technical perspective. From a political (ryu inheritance-transmission) perpective their status is a bit complex.

As a start you can read this article from Aikido Journal

http://www.aikidojournal.com/article?articleID=434

**WorldWarCheese** · Posted On: 1/29/2008 8:29pm

Hakkoryu Jujutsu is a style that branched from Daito that I had a shodan in. I can tell you it's basically Aikido with less emphasis on "flow" and more on, well, it looks like less flow-y Aikido.

**LThornton** · Posted On: 2/01/2008 12:39pm

Daito-ryu's pretty legitimate... but I'm told they are officially NOTHING but kata. IE, two people where both know the attack, defense, and ukemi ahead of time.

I think it's the same with Hakko-ryu, isn't it, WWC? Besides paying a couple thousand bucks apiece for the "secret techniques" of the art at the highest level in their honbu dojo.

Edit: Ahh, think I missed the OP's actual point, but I'll take my lumps and leave the above as I wrote it. Sorry.