1961 Aikido video of O'Sensei

This is a short documentary of Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido when he was 78 years old in 1961. The documentary was by Japan News and we get to see video and O'Sensei speaking.

[@iggyspirit]

I think that's the first time i heard his voice...

[@bigsidable]

This little man is the reason I started studying Aikido in 1990. I had two VHS Cassettes of his earlier teaching. Loan them to a friend. Never to be seen again. Just love this man. He became my 4th mentor. Jesus,Jimi Hendrix,Bruce Lee. And O’Sensei. Oss.

[@13orangecake]

Sure hope you get those tapes back somehow 🙏🥋

[@bigsidable]

@13orangecake THEY are gone gone gone. Ex girlfriend son had them and they moved so many times. Have no idea where they are. Some place in Tahoe.

[@13orangecake]

@@bigsidable I believe in miracles. I'll keep an eye out, lol, I'm in Reno

[@longdongsilver4719]

If you believe in Jesus, no wonder that you believe in another form of crap like Aïkido.

[@bigsidable]

@@longdongsilver4719 WELL looking at your name. Who gives a fuck what you think. I've been training since 1967. KUNG FU JEET KUNE DO SHOTOKAN AND AIKIDO. PLEASE TAKE YOUR NEGATIVE SHIT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

[@andretalububo3808]

L'Aïkido a sauvé ma vie.

[@francoisedouliez9092]

Magnifique reportage, merci

[@edsonluisteixeira-zf2wh]

...bom dia para todos... gratidão...oss sensei...

[@Macovic]

Wonderful. It is very similar to taichi quan, bafa quan and other internal kung fu. I wonder what saw to add to Morihei Ueshiba his already stong abilities, what was the intended combination of arts. Obviously at least a desire to complement style of sword fighting or similar.

[@jenniferdonovan727]

Thank You

[@bigsidable]

I just love the footwork of 31 Jo Kata. I’ve been working on doing it on my left side. As to the right side. Very different after you been doing it on the right for so long. As in Shotokan. What you do n the right. You do on the left. No favoritism to the body,mind and spirit.

[@75318]

Oss sensei Warrior morihei ❤

[@goranglisic2750]

My respect for the big master Bansai Bansai Bansai🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏✊💪👌🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ioncreanga8360]

Min. 22.50..it takes time untill you work with principles and you recognise them in each tehniques! After that point all is simplified!

[@ninjamaster7724]

It also takes even less time than that to realise that if you rely on aikido to defend yourself in a fight,you'll get the wind kicked out of you.

[@BrigidoAnayaIslas-nr7cb]

The “ninja” says so!🤣

[@Religious_man]

@@ninjamaster7724 Well yeah if you don't block the blows, you're going to get hurt. Duh

[@ninjamaster7724]

@@BrigidoAnayaIslas-nr7cb in case you're slow?Ninjamaster is a joke.

[@ninjamaster7724]

@@Religious_man do aikido and get into a real fight and you'll be a human punching bag.

[@francoisedouliez9092]

Du grand art

[@Spectre2434]

❤❤❤

[@ninjamaster7724]

Cult-like behaviour from Ueshiba's students. 4 guys holding a bokken at the same time and a 78 year old man throws all 4 of them at the same time with ease? I don't think so. I love watching aikido for it's flowing beauty,but please,give me a break.

[@pascalolivieraikido]

I totally agree with you. Practicing Aikido since 1973..., i came early to the conclusion: Aikido is NOT for fighting, just a fine art of motion, beauty, softness, health, breath, and it is really enjoyable to practice it in this state of mind. The rest, all the rest is to put in the trash box. Aikido is NOT for fighting! The dilemma is: we, human beings, always consider the person we have in front of us is an 'opponent'. In Aikido i learned: he is not an opponent, but a PARTNER. So 'life is a struggle" is a mistake: life is (or should be) a partnership, and this starts on the mat: exchanging nice situations (so called 'attack' which is not an attack at all but the 'start' of a meeting with the Partner) one after the other, and growing together: no winner, no looser. If we consider it like this, Aikido can be a wonderful Art. But only... let us say hardly 5% of the trainees (including the masters or so called so) can understand this. Best regards from France, Pascal.

[@ninjamaster7724]

@@pascalolivieraikido cheers mate.I too did aikido for 2 separate short spells of a few months or so each time,(Iwama Ryu),and i too realised very early on that the majority of the techniques and training just wouldn't hold a light to a moth in a real fight.

[@Wandjina104]

This guy remained undefeated against all comers for decades. Even at this age he would destroy you.

[@ninjamaster7724]

@@Wandjina104 um,yeah.Sure pal.🤣🫵🤣

[@ninjamaster7724]

@@Wandjina104 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5iwYaF3l7Vko5Isi=BNorOCeeR9KHpLN2 🤣🤣🤣

[@dialecto9987]

el aikido lo llevo en las venas

[@tonynguyen157]

O'Sensei Morihei Ueshiba ,the biggest the only

[@JustSomeGuy69420]

I see why his students went a different direction with things.

[@BrigidoAnayaIslas-nr7cb]

It happens on every style of Martial Arts, it’s the rule rather than the exception.

[@ZsuzsannaFriedrich]

Oh my sensei ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ilcanalediwilly]

13:09: What this is? A prayer?

[@Religious_man]

Praying for world peace?

[@JasonJones-fp5rh]

Think of it as a meditation out loud for mind preparation 🙏

[@longdongsilver4719]

Aïkido is a cult. No wonder.

[@Religious_man]

I'm not quite sure what it is. But I still love those techniques.

[@ghiblinerd6196]

Aikido is ridiculous

[@gatbos]

Why?

[@ghiblinerd6196]

@@gatbos it’s full of impractical hypothetical nonsense that relies on the cooperation of the Uke

[@gatbos]

@@ghiblinerd6196 Thats definitely what it looks like.

[@Religious_man]

@@ghiblinerd6196 Then don't practice it, you asshole.

[@Religious_man]

Aikido can be used for those who can't stretch that far and for those who are short. MMA are for harda$$es. I never witnessed any mixed martial artist save anyone in real time. Seems like it belongs in the thunderdome where it belongs. Aikido is only for self-defense. You know, "just in case" something happens. If it does, it's over within seconds and there's no reason to beat someone to a pulp. Your reasoning against Aikido is now debunked.

[@ilbasilisco951]

Unfortunately you can clearly see that the Sensei is unable to do anything and the students throw themselves to the ground.....after all, that's how it works in Aikido, they touch you with a finger and you fly....but you fly why do you launch yourself!

[@longdongsilver4719]

What you describe is the essence of aïkido and its high level of delusion.

[@louvega8414]

I think Steven Segal ripped off this guy's moves...

[@TheBUTOKUKAI]

Don’t say nonsense, better no say nothing. Show some respect.

[@longdongsilver4719]

@@TheBUTOKUKAI Respect for that crap? Are you nuts? Why shoul anyone have respect for that nonsense?

[@unkodimaou]

んなわけないワロタ渋川かよ

[@ritadapaz7714]

Fk.

[@paulruprai1274]

This man stidied Daito Ryu Aikijujitsu from Sokaku Takeda .... Dangerous!