13/01/2025
Kagami Biraki....1935, with Morihei Ueshiba and Takuma Hisa, who was a student of both Sokaku Takeda and Morihei Ueshiba, receiving both Menkyo Kaiden from Takeda and 8th Dan (after the war) from Ueshiba.
"Takeda’s instruction gave Hisa the chance to compare the techniques that he had been taught for the previous three years (1933-1936) by Ueshiba with those taught by Takeda. His conclusion was that they were the same—meaning that Ueshiba had not by that time significantly modified or evolved what he had been taught by Takeda. In later years, Hisa was adamant about Ueshiba’s and Takeda’s techniques being identical"
Takuma Hisa – Kannagara no Budo, Daito-ryu Aiki Budo Hiden 1940
https://www.aikidosangenkai.org/blog/takuma-hisa-kannagara-no-budo-daito-ryu-aiki-budo-hiden-1940/