Product Details

• Actors: M. SAITO
• Directors: Y. ISHIMOTO
• Format: Black & White, Collector's Edition, Color, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 3
• Studio: RISING SUN PRODUCTIONS
• DVD Release Date: October 1, 2004
• Run Time: 160 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00066NA3W
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #106,034 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

FightingSpirit.com
A rare footage that is a treasure

Product Description
In Japan there are some great masters and then there are those who raise the bar several notches higher then the rest do. Master Saito has done that in this 3 DVD set on Aikido where he not only teaches the empty hand techniques of Aikido but he also shows the sword attacking and defense techniques plus he also teacches his favourite weapon the classic Aikido weapon "JO".

What this man teaches can only be summed up with the phrase "thank God some one captured this stuff on 16mm back in the 1960’s or it would have been lost to antiquity.

This high quality Black and white footage was recently found in the archives of a top level Judoka who bought it after reading the masters books Traditional Aikido which had the advertisements for the 8mm films inside the book.

Plus there is a full blown ddemonstration of Master Saito plus much much more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Aikido Master Saito - 3 DVD Set, January 4, 2007

By	Aiki San "San" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

Saito Sensei's DVD set is excellent reference material for any serious Aiko practicianer. His demonstration of techniques were superb.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not satisfactory, June 6, 2007

By	Serkan Ergozen (ankara) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

i've just had my dvd set. but i'm disappointed with it's resolution. i think it's not suitable especially for beginners.

1.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointed, June 30, 2008

By	Sam "Sam" - See all my reviews

Keeping it short and to the point:
A history section at the start of the disc is interesting, and it's good to have such footage. Repeating it for each disc to add volume is a waste of time and money. Secondly, forget using any of this footage to study details, the footage is too grainy and badly lit, the translations voice over is erattic, some of it not even there, and the Japanese audio very slight.
To get an overall impression of the style and technique of Master Saito is great, but better served if all three sections were on 1 disc. Spreading this out onto three left me feeling cheated. Don't buy this.