As has been written elsewhere and examined, Aikido is taken from the DAITO Ryu Aikijutsu school
The DAITO Ryu GOSHIN Kata appears in three modern BUDO
Kyokushin Karate
Kodokan Judo
SHODOKAN Aikido
So far the DAITO Ryu is the only Japanese Ryha we have referenced and sourced
JUDO was primarily sourced from two schools of KORYO JUJUTSU
KITO Ryu
Tenjin Shinyo Ryu
as the methods from these two schools is completely passed down into JUDO we do not need to look at their scrolls or look to source them directly - it is useful as a historical reference to know where our Waza and Kata come from and how they evolved - it gives a depth of understanding
TENJIN SHINYO Ryu
Divine True Willow School
Itself sourced from two older schools Yoshin Ryu and Shin no Shinto Ryu
The name is made up of SHIN from Shinto and YO from Yoshin
The techniques include
Atemi, Nage, SHIME, and Torae immobilisations
This school evolved in peace time, so does not focus on grappling in armour as the KITO Ryu does - more use of Atemi, specific fist strikes to specific KYUSHO, similar to KEMPO and KOPPO - the Atemi set up the Nage, and the movements are faster and more flowing, not being hindered by armour
There are 130 Gata in the scrolls of the school, including Suwari kneeling and TACHI standing
KITO Ryu is a lot like Aikijutsu in its original form, and uses the principles of Ki, Aiki and Kuzushi
Kuzushi is used in Judo to break balance for a throw
As well as NAGE throws, KATAME pins, SHIME chokes, the school uses ATEMI strikes, similar to what we see in the NINPO schools
The techniques develop from grappling in armour, which can also be seen in KUKISHINDEN and then KOMUGAKURE in Ninpo
The main focus is NAGE waza, the throws, which has that influence on JUDO
When KANO completed his system it was originally called KODOKAN JUJUTSU, the refinement into JUDO coming later
The Kyu Dan grading system was first used in Japan in JUDO, and were adopted into KENDO, then KARATE, the later when it developed AIKIDO
The reason the GRACIE Family refer to what they do as Jiu Jitsu is that when Maeda left Japan for Brazil that is what it was called, as JUDO wasn't being used at that time
So Traditional KORYO Schools, the old JUTSU systems, were based on the scrolls, with a certificate for each level
Jujutsu, Aikijutsu, Kenjutsu, Ninjutsu etc
The modern schools that developed from them have the Kyu Dan system of belts
Judo, Kendo, Aikido, Iaido, Jodo
Though there are modern schools based on the NINJA Ryuha, Bujinkan, Genbukan, Jinenkan, that have a modern program and a Kyu Dan grading system, there is no NINDO, the grades are based on a syllabus based on the six scrolls, and the grade is for the school, not a NINDO system
Modern KARATE schools use a Kyu Dan system - there are no scrolls for Koryo Karate, it is passed from Okinawa, through China, in the KATA Forms of the schools - these have all been listed on the Karate threads
So just as Karate has Shorin and Shorei, Northern and Southern sources, Judo has its two main source schools
Similar to how Gyokko Ryu and Koto Ryu pair in Ninpo Taijutsu
Shorin - TENJIN Shinyo - Gyokko - KOSHI - northern
Shorei - KITO - Koto - KOPPO - Southern
