Hakkō-ryū

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Hakkō-ryū (八光流) or Hakkō-ryū Jujutsu (八光流柔術) is a school or 'style' of jujutsu related to Daito-ryu founded in 1941 by Okuyama Ryuho (1901-1987) a student of Sokaku Takeda and a practitioner of shiatsu. Many techniques of this school are very similar to those of the Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu. The school is now headed by his son Okuyama Ryuho. The headquarters or hombu dojo is located in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture.

The influence of oriental medicine is one of the distinguishing elements of the style and can be seen in the Koho Shiatsu system taught to its members at the higher levels of the art, as well as in the jujutsu system's emphasis on using pressure points and manipulation of the opponent's body through both the skeletal structure and the body's meridians...

It was studied by the founder of Shorinji Kempo.

Hakkoryu should be recognized as a distinct and separate tradition from the more recently formed Hakko Denshin Ryu.

Hakkoryu comes from the Japanese language meaning "The Style of the 8th Light." In the color spectrum, Violet is the 8th light, or the weakest color of light. It was said by Sensei Okuyama that the pathway of least resistance would always overcome strength. Therefore schools of Hakkoryu Jujutsu exercise strategies that avoid conflict as much as possible, and employ techniques that do not use strength, but instead use techniques that work against the body's natural motions and movements to take down the opponent.