Daido Juku
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| Daidojuku | |
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| Kudo Competitor with mask and fist protectors | |
| Japanese | 大道塾 |
| Kana spelling | だいどうじゅく |
| Rōmaji | Daidojuku |
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| Daidojuku Logo | |
| Japanese | 空道 |
| Kana spelling | くうどう |
| Rōmaji | Kudo |
Daido Juku also known as Daidojuku is a martial arts organization founded in 1981 by Azuma Takashi. Azuma, originally a Kyokushin Karate 1977 full contact karate champion, resigned from the Kyokushin organization to form Daidojuku in Sendai city located in northern Honshu, Japan. Daidojuku, which literal translation means The Big Way, incorporated techniques which were not present at that time in full contact karate styles. At that time, being a 3rd degree black belt in Judo as well as a 4th degree black belt in Kyokushin karate, Azuma recognized the potential for a hybrid martial art, not restricted by the boundaries of a single style, which utilized techniques from various martial arts, namely, at the time of it's creation in 1980, Judo and Karate. In the late 80's and early 90's the style began to incorporate various techniques from muay thai, boxing, jiu-jitsu, sambo and other martial arts, fine tuning each technique for use within the Daidojuku style. One of the fundamental goals of Daidojuku being the creation of a versatile and realistic fighting style without compromise to safety, Azuma created a style which incorporated various offensive as well as defensive techniques which includes punches to the head, elbow strikes, head butts, judo throws, jiu-jitsu jointlocks and other standup and ground fighting techniques. In 1981, Daidojuku made it’s public debut at the ‘’’1981 Hokutoki Karate Championships’’’, also known as ‘’’Hokutoki.’’’
Originally known as Kakuto Karate Daidojuku or Combat Karate Daidojuku, the name of the style was inevitably changed to recognize its unique and unorthodox techniques as a mixed martial art. In 2001 at an official press conference held for Daidojuku, founder Azuma Takashi and president of Daidojuku, N.P.O., renamed the mixed martial art Budo to Kudo. This renaming allowed Kudo the opportunity of becoming an official Japanese Cultural Budo sport under the same category as Judo, Aikido and Kendo. Kudo and Daidojuku are world wide copyrights and all of it's instructors and branch chiefs are certified under the Kudo International Federation, also known as K.I.F.
Azuma currently holds an 8th degree black belt in Kyokushin Budokai, awarded by Shihan John Bluming and an 8th degree black belt in Daidojuku, awarded by the board of directors of Daidojuku.
Publications
- 「はみ出し空手」”Untamed Karate”, 1982
- 「格闘空手」”Combat Karate”, 1983
- 「格闘空手ゼミナール」”Combat Karate Seminar” published in 「空手道」monthly martial arts magazine, 1984
- 「格闘空手への道」”The Way toward Combat Karate”, 1984
- 「格闘空手II」”Combat Karate II”, 1986
- 「格闘空手への道」”The Way toward Combat Karate”, 1989 – Video release
- 「大道無紋」”Daido Mumon”, 1991
References
- [Daidojuku Headquarters Home Page]
- [Daido-Juku Karate-Do Eesti Liit]
- [Daido Juku home page]
- [Compilation video clip from Daido Juku tournament matches]
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