Takuma Hisa (久琢磨 ''Hisa Takuma'', c.1895 – October 31, 1980) was a prominent

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, early student in Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu of both Sokaku Takeda and

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founder

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. Born in

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; in his youth, he was a

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wrestler. He was captain of the sumo club at Kobe Business School (now

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) and won the All-Kansai Student Sumo Championship. He later became the director of General Affairs at the

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News in

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. He was advised to learn the technique of Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu for self-defense and was introduced to Ueshiba, becoming one of his early prewar students. Later (in 1936) he studied directly under Takeda when the latter came teaching at the Asahi News dojo. He received the Kyoju Dairi (teaching certification) a year later and was awarded the

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rank in 1939, directly from Takeda. He later became one of the most prominent teachers of Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu. In 1959, he established the

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Aikido Club to teach the techniques of Ueshiba and Takeda. Hisa is also remembered for compiling a catalogue of techniques from photographs taken at the Asahi News dojo featuring both Ueshiba and Takeda. The catalogue constitutes today an invaluable historical source for the early development of

. He also held the rank of 8th dan in

and 7th dan in

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20131017072814/http://www.aikidojournal.com/encyclopedia.php?entryID=267
Kannagara no Budo, Daito-ryu Aiki Budo Hiden
- by Takuma Hisa, 1940

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