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Koichi Tohei [digital videodisc] : "aikido with ki" / an Aikido Journal production ; written & narrated by Stanley Pranin.

[United States?] : Aikido Journal, c2010.

Tōhei, Kōichi, 1920-

Aikido -- Training.

1 videodisc (63 min.) : sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Documentary: a presentation tracing the early life and aikido background of Koichi Tohei through his years as Chief Instructor of the Aikikai Hombu Dojo, through his establishment of Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido in 1974 -- Warmups and preparatory exercises -- Techniques: a presentation of the technical curriculum taught by Tohei Sensei during the 1950s, 60s, and early 70s, during his tenure at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo. Tohei Sensei demonstrates most of his "50 arts of aikido" from a 1967 film -- Seminar: nearly 40 minutes of rare film footage of a 1974 seminar conducted by Tohei Sensei in San Francisco -- Demonstrations: bonus footage of four demonstrations by Tohei Sensei: 1952 demonstration, outdoors also featuring Kisshomaru Ueshiba and Tadashi Abe; 1967 All-Japan Aikido Demonstration; 1968 Special Demonstration at Hombu Dojo; 1973 All-Japan Aikiko Demonstration.

Koichi Tohei is one of the most important figures in the postwar development of aikido. He played a pivotal role in spreading the art in Japan and the USA from the early 1950s through the mid-1970s.

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