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
• Rating: 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.com Sales Rank: #91,119 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Morihei Ueshiba King of Aikido VOLUME II
This exciting historic video is Volume II of a two Volume set. It features spectacular 1960s footage of Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969), the founder of aikido! It shows shots of O-Sensei performing in his later years when his technique was even more refined. It contains shots of O-sensei teaching and demonstrating and much more! His perfect circular movements and execution of techniques bring his opponents into his dynamic sphere where they are tossed about effortlessly. O-Sensei Morihei Ueshiba is truly the "King of Aikido"! 60 min

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

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

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

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

By	Anthony King "aking" (New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.