Having studied jujutsu from the Kito-ryu school, Yagyushingan-ryu school, etc., in his youth, he later became a disciple of Sokaku TAKEDA of Daito-ryu Aiki Jujutsu (the Daito style of self-defense) during the development of Hokkaido in 1915, and was accepted as a substitute instructor in 1922.
青年時代に起倒流・柳生心眼流などの柔術を修めた後、1915年北海道開拓中に大東流合気柔術の武田惣角に入門、1922年教授代理を許された。