The Takamatsu Photo Page
The Takamatsu-sensei Photo Page
These pictures were taken from several sources and are presented here in honour of Takamatsu-sensei. Soke says that even now this 'divine-warrior' continues to teach him. These pictures are here to present a more detailed view of this great warrior, as most people only know the well-known pictures.
Almost all these pictures were taken by Hatsumi-sensei while Takamatsu-sensei was instructing him at his home or at Kashiwabara Jinja. There is also a moving picture of Takamatsu-sensei in which he shows kihon happo and bojutsu. It is sometimes shown by Hatsumi-sensei on video. It is said that the last of the Quest video series will be on kihon happo and that it will show footage of Takamatsu-sensei.
Akimoto Fumio, Takamatsu Toshitsugu, Hatsumi Masaaki
Takamatsu Toshitsugu with Hatsumi Masaaki (suffering from illness at that time)
First row - Ishizuka Shihan, Takamatsu Soke, Hatsumi Soke
Second row - Newspaper reporter, Tanemura Shihan , Oguri Shihan, Manaka Shihan
Third row - Kobayashi Shihan, Seno Shihan
Kuji pictures with Takamatsu-sensei.
Taijutsu pictures with Takamatsu-sensei.
"ura gyaku"
"take ori"
"different onikudaki"
"ura onikudaki"
"musha dori"
"muso dori"
"strike to shichibatsu"
"muto dori"
Hanbo pictures with Takamatsu-sensei.
"kuji hari" - kuji will power
"hanbo nage" throwing hanbo
Jutte and Tessen pictures with Takamatsu-sensei.
"seigan no kamae"
"migi ude karame dori" - right arm arrest hold
Bojutsu pictures with Takamatsu-sensei.
the earliest picture of Takamatsu-sensei (on the left) with Iwami Nangaku (on the right)
"Young Takamatsu sensei's Shingi (Divine waza) at Yamato Unebi Yama"
"gedan no kamae" and "jodan no kamae"
Training at Kashiwabara Jinja
Takamatsu Sensei instructs Hatsumi Sensei at Kakihara Gingu Plaza.
Takamatsu-sensei at the time that he was teaching at Kinki university, 1959
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