This study was the findings revealed that the judo therapy techniques established in the Taisho period were influenced by jujutsu sekkotsu-jutsu.
To gain a better understanding of the forms of transmission of Tenjinshinyoryu jujutsu techniques and skills during the Meiji and Taisho periods, the study investigated and examined the composition of sekkotsu techniques in the Taisho-period historical document “Complete Takeoka-Style Osteosynthesis”(1921).The study also examined the impact of the technical aspects of sekkotsu techniques after the legislation of judo therapy.
Judo therapy techniques began as first aid for jujutsu, based on the sekkotsu-jutsu of Tenjinshinyo-ryu jujutsu in the Meiji period, and developed into conventional sekkotsu-jutsu with increased medical specialization in the Taisho period. Additionally, a professional organization for “Takeoka-style osteosynthesis” constituted a lineage around the time of the legislation of judo therapy.
“Takeoka-style osteosynthesis,” a lineage of sekkotsu-jutsu that increased the professional status of sekkotsu-jutsu, came about in the Taisho period, supporting judo therapy from a technical standpoint. Takeoka’s techniques linked “bone-setting” in the early modern period to “sekkotsu-jutsu” in the modern period and “judo therapy” today. In other words, Takeoka’s sekkotsu-jutsu can be seen as techniques that bridge jujutsu techniques and judo therapy.
