Toshitsugu takamatsu autobiography books
Life Secrets of the Amatsu Tatara: The Documents of Takamatsu Toshitsugu, Interviews with Hatsumi Masaaki
As far as the science goes, the author uses some western terminology and disease diagnosis, which is good. The syndromes/conditions are split between common conditions seen today like arthritis, diabetes, and heart ailments to areas where the conditions will not be seen in a clinic or should be treated with western antibiotics or other modalities. I think about half of these topics are interesting.
For the treatments themselves follow three key areas. First using tuina (acupressure) mostly on the Jiaji back points (Quite good), but very limited other body points. Second, using herbal formulas that are quite understandable to a TCM practitioner, but not using the TCM names and not providing any reasoning for the combinations. Even so, they aren't too complicated and most of the substances are easy to obtain (except the worms and bugs). Third, there is the use of moxa. This is perhaps the most interesting section to me because in addition to standard aiya/mugwort, the formulas use a dozen or so other substances. No preparation instructions were provided.
Some of the applications use religious prayers and charms. For those who are interested in how such pseudo-science is applied, this book would be applicable. In general, I think the book's value is in preserving the understanding of what and how old masters practiced. It isn't a "how to" book. The real technique must be handed down with active touching. A TCM doctor might use needles instead of the reiki/reishi sensitivity required in this style of healing. A martial a
Takamatsu Sensei Biography
The Autobiography of Takamatsu Toshitsugu
My age will be 68, this year the 4lst year of Showa (1955). Until two or three years ago I had no idea of what my age was. This is simply because I did not want to know, however I do know that I was born in the 23rd year of Showa (1859). I am bewildered by the appearance of my face as it looks now but the reason for this is: I have not looked at myself in the mirror in some thirty years. Even with this bedraggled look I am still what most people would consider an energetic man. If most people were to go for a walk for an hour they would usually cover about four miles – I usually cover that in about half of one hour. I like to walk and do so naturally with my dogs. We walk together everyday.
I am very bad for time, but every day I am punctually in bed at 9 o’clock with my pet cat whom I have appointed the name of Jiro. I awake at half past six in the morning and take a cold friction wash. This is something that I have not missed in the past forty years and is why I have never been sick in bed; this is not to say cold washes alone stop you from being sick.
I enjoy painting very much and even now I continue painting as a form of play. I am not very skilful but I enjoy it, for me it’s a pleasure. No one possesses the knowledge concerning the events of tomorrow; this means we do not know when our life will cease. Due to the impetuousness of youth I made lots of errors regarding my life; this was until the age of forty. I learned my mistakes and now take my cold washes and go for a walk with my dog every morning. After this I dedicate some time to writing and painting, as this is also balance. Exercise, rest, study and pleasure.
Those who are evil-minded would always do bad things, even the bad intentioned ninja would be banished. This is applicable to any martial system, not just ninjutsu. My teacher of the Koto Ryu koppojutsu and the Togakure Ryu ninjutsu was TODA SHINRYKE
Takamatsu Toshitsugu The Last Shinobi Book by Wolfgang Ettig
Takamatsu Toshitsugu, the last shinobi, deeply influenced the modern budo world. He united in one single person a number of historical martial art systems and took these from Japanese medieval times into modern age.
-Born in 1889, in an era when the whole of Japan hastily orientated itself by the newly discovered Western culture.
-Grown up under the care of his beloved grandmother Nao and the influence of his draconian father Gishin.
-Trained under the severe supervision of his grandfather Toda Shinryuken, to whom he owed his stamina and tenacity.
-He spent many years on dangerous journeys in the vastness of Mongolia and China.
-He was friends with a man who was to hand down Takamatsu's thoughts and teachings from Japan to the whole world after his death in 1972: Hatsumi Masaaki.
-Competing with Fujita Seiko, the last Koga Ninha, whose own biography has astonishing parallels and a lot in common with Takamatsu Toshitsugu's biography.
This book does not only describe the eventful life of two restless men, but also delivers fascinating insights into the historical backgrounds of Japan on the threshold from medieval to modern times.
Wolfgang Ettig is considered to be the founder of ninjutsu in Germany. Besides judo, goshinjutsu, aikido, and various other Asian martial arts, he has mainly been studying Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu under Bo F. Munthe (Sweden) and numerous famous teachers in Japan, the USA, and Europe for 25 years. Since the seventies he is a well-known freelance and author.
Length: 315 pages
Toshitsugu Takamatsu
Japanese martial artist (1889–1972)
Toshitsugu Takamatsu (高松 寿嗣, Takamatsu Toshitsugu, 10 March 1889 – 2 April 1972) was a Japanese martial artist and teacher of Bujinkan founder Masaaki Hatsumi. He has been called "The Last Shinobi" by Bujinkan instructor Wolfgang Ettig.
Biography
Toshitsugu (Chosui) Takamatsu was born on 10 March 1889 (the 23rd year of Meiji) in Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture. Also known as Mōko no Tora (蒙古の虎 Mongolian Tiger), he is attributed as a martial arts master by members of the Bujinkan organization. Hatsumi reports that Takamatsu traveled through Mongolia to China at the age of 21, teaching martial arts and fighting a number of life or death battles. He was married to Uno Tane. They adopted a girl named Yoshiko. His father (Takamatsu Gishin Yasaburo) owned a match-factory and received Dai-Ajari (Master) title in Kumano Shugendo (a type of Shingon Buddhism). His dojo was named "Sakushin" (Cultivating Spirit). His house was in front of Kashihara Shrine in Kashihara, Nara. Takamatsu died on 2 April 1972 of illness. His inheritor was Masaaki Hatsumi who founded the Bujinkan system and its art of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu.
Ninjutsu lineage
Takamatsu's claim to lineage in ninjutsu has been disputed by a few individuals. The 1963 version of the Bugei Ryūha Daijiten indicates of Takamatsu's Togakure-ryu: "this genealogy refers to various written records and oral transmissions and there are many points/places where embellishments have been added and people appearing in the genealogy are also made older than they actually are. Thus the genealogy can be considered to be something that [Takamatsu's teacher Toda] Shinryūken newly arranged around the end of the Tokugawa shōgunate." The Iga-ryū Ninja Museum lists Jinichi Kawakami as the only legitimate inh