Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平, December 14, 1883 – April 26, 1969) was a famous Japanese martial artist and founder of Aikido. He is often referred to as Kaiso (開祖, founder), or Ō Sensei (Great Teacher).
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| Shinto |
After working as an instructor for the japanese army, O Sensei founded the Kobukan Dojo in 1931 with a space of eighty tatami mats
(the current Aikikai Foundation Aikido Hombu Dojo) at 102 Wakamatsucho
Ushigomeku Tokyo.
In 1942, in pursuit of completing his long-cherished ideal philosophy
of Bu-No- Ichinyo (the unity of martial arts and agriculture), he moved
with his wife Hatsu to Iwama Machi, Ibaraki Prefecture. There he erected
an Aiki Shrine in 1943. In 1945, he completed a Dojo with about 100m2 of land which became the birth
place of Aikido.
Aikido includes the study of bare hands technics (taijutsu), as well as japanese sword (bokken), stick (jo) and knife (tanto).
Ō Sensei used to teach weapon technics (bukiwaza) every morning and bare hand
s technics during evening classes.
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| Taijutsu (in this picture, ikkyo) |
He always insisted on the importance of studying weapons (bokken, jo, tanto) from the very beginning.
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| Bokken |
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| Jo |
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