Aikido was established by Morihei UESHIBA, who mastered Daito-ryu Aiki jujutsu (Daito school of the self-defense martial art), and other jujutsu schools such as Kito-ryu, Yagyu Shingan-ryu, Shinkage-ryu.
合気道は大東流合気柔術・起倒流・柳生心眼流・新陰流などを修めた植芝盛平が始祖である。