Takamatsu Toshitsugu

He was a good friend of Jigoro Kano Sensei (Kodokan Judo). He traveled through Korea and Mongolia to China where he taught martial arts and where he delivered many battles on life or death.

He became a Tendai Buddhism priest in 1919. In 1920 he was permitted to copy the Kukishin-Ryu scrolls (+ Amatsu Tatara scrolls) of the Kuki family. During the Second World War (1945) the original scrolls of the Kuki family were destroyed and lost. In 1949 he presented new scrolls to the Kuki family which he had rewritten based on his copies and memory.

As their personal teacher, he formed many next generation Grandmasters under which : Kimura Masaji Sensei, Akimoto Fumio Sensei, Sato Kinbei Sensei, Ueno Takashi Sensei, Tanemura Shoto Sensei, Fukumoto Yoshio Sensei and Hatsumi Masaaki Sensei. He was well known in Japan as a Grandmaster of Jujutsu and Bojutsu but many people were surprised by his death to hear that he was a true Ninja Grandmaster (of 9 schools).