Many of those interested in aikido have traced the art's origins back to Daitō-ryū, which has increased the level of interest in an art which was otherwise virtually unknown a few decades before.
Mange mennesker med interesse i aikido har fulgt sporene tilbage til denne kunsts modersystem - Daitō-ryū - hvilket har bragt denne kunst, som for få årtier siden var næsten ukendt, frem i rampelyset.