We're the group training under Kondo sensei's tutelage.

Aikido founder Ueshiba Morihei (1883-1969) was one of the best students of Takeda Sokaku. Sokaku had a major effect on Ueshiba, and clearly the origins of aikido lie in Daito-ryu. Morihei met Sokaku for the first time in 1915 in the town of Engaru in Hokkaido. He was amazed at Sokaku's martial skills and immediately became his student. He studied Daito-ryu assiduously for about five years, and was so enthusiastic that he invited Sokaku to relocate to the village of Shirataki where he was living at that time along with a group of settlers from Tanabe city in Wakayama prefecture. Sokaku agreed and lived and taught Daito-ryu in Morihei's house for a period of time. In late 1919, Morihei suddenly departed Shirataki upon receiving news that his father had become ill, and he left his house along with all its furnishings to Sokaku. The association between Morihei and Sokaku was renewed in 1922 when Sokaku spent about six months together with his entire family at Morihei's home in Ayabe. By that time Morihei had joined a community of believers in the Omoto religion and, with the encouragement of the religion's co-founder Deguchi Onisaburo, had set up a dojo in his home where he was teaching Daito-ryu. At the end of his stay in Ayabe, Sokaku awarded Morihei the Representative Instructor (kyoju dairi) certificate, which entitled him to teach Daito-ryu on Sokaku's behalf. Subsequently, Morihei received the kaishaku sodensho, the highest Daito-ryu certificate at the time. Although the relationship between the two ceased to be as close as before, they would meet again on several occasions during the next decade. Overall, historical records show that Ueshiba Morihei practiced Daito-ryu for some twenty years. He gradually changed Daito-ryu techniques, eventually formulating his own system, which is now known as aikido.

Thanks I could’ve easy found the historical facts of it. Either way it’s just aikido. I’ve seen other styles of Aikijujutsu and it’s far more engaging with strikes, kicks, joint manipulation, I mean really a static art. Not someone lending you their hand to toss you.

It's the same exact thing. In fact, the founder of Aikido received his black belt in this art (Daito-Ryu) then changed the name to Aikido to avoid paying fees to his teacher. Then later they reduced the number of techniques in Aikido. Aikido has strikes too. The founder of Aikido didn't teach everything he knew. Only about 10-25%. So, it's the same thing, just a different name, different style, different school, different times.

@@VenturaIT thanks for the reply 👍🏼

@@nowayasway5258 Read here. Also Aikido Journal has information about Aikido and Daito-Ryu. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dait%C5%8D-ry%C5%AB_Aiki-j%C5%ABjutsu

In Japan koryu budoka often wear tabi.

Мне кажется, Дайторю потихоньку превращается в музейный экспонат. Поэтому эстетика, внешняя эффектность и стилистическая чистота там приветствуются. Но Дайторю это не только школа Кондо-сэнсея. Есть и Такумакай (кстати, очень разный) и направления Сагава Юкиёси, Кодзуи Цуруяма и другие. Из такумакаевцев советую посмотреть видео финского клуба Sasuga. Гораздо более реалистично, но не так мощно. Есть и корейские варианты, это Джун Ки Кван хапкидо и Хапкиюсуль (не путать с Юсуль хапкидо). Их основатели учились ВСЮ жизнь у старика Чхвё Ен Суля. Прочие виды хапкидо - уже дериваты, синтетические стили, там много из тансудо и других "ногастых" корейских стилей. В корейских вариантах уже нет ударов сёмэн и ёкомэн учи, соответственно, вымер целый пласт техники. Там больше внимания уделяется ближнему бою и защите от ударов кулаками на каратистский манер.