Product Details

• Actors: Morihei Ueshiba
• Directors: Damien Chambers
• Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Yamazato Videos
• DVD Release Date: December 20, 2002
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000083XJ4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,454 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This video is a must for all aikido enthusiasts. This Morihei Ueshiba King of Aikido Vol 2 DVD presents 60 minutes of featuted video during an era of pre-war period of Morihei Ueshiba who lived from 1883 until 1969 and the one who created aikido. You will learn from O-Sensei performing the techniques of aikido in the masterful style. You will learn how the O-Sensei's circular movement and execution techniques. Morihei Ueshiba is truly a genious. The video is volume 2 and has 1960's footage.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars lots of histoic footage but of poor quality, March 30, 2004

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marius "writer" (princeton new jersey) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: King of Aikido Vol. II (DVD)

Good DVD packaging with front cover of Akido master. No problem playing the DVD on both Apex and Mustek players. I bought this DVD as a historic document for my library, and not knowing the film quality. I am happy there is a lot of film footage of the master with his students (both indoor and outdoor classes), but the quality is very poor. Many scenes are filmed with way too much light (it may be film deterioation) so that if the students are wearing white, they blend in with the extreme brightness of the room. There is more contrast in bright light of the film when students are wearing black clothes, but not much. You see very little detail in the footage because lack of contrast washes out the figures. Do not buy this DVD to study the form of the master. Buy it if you want a rare historic document to add to your library.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vol. 2 is just as good as Vol. 1., July 20, 2004

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Anthony King "aking" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: King of Aikido Vol. II (DVD)

This is like the best footage I have seen with Morihei Ueshiba. Many of his techniques are beyond reproach and seem nearly invisible.Totally awesome stuff. Highly informative and I?m sure will be great in anyone?s video collection that is into Aikido.