1954 Aikido O Sensei

Zachary Graves

1954 Aikido O Sensei


Historic footage of O Sensei I got from someone back in the late 80’s while taking Aikido. Silent footage

The beginning credits say it was a film made in 1954 by Mr. Jay Gluck for his book “Zen Combat”. The scene is a roof top dojo in Shinjuku, Tokyo

23 comments on “1954 Aikido O Sensei”

  1. This is real if they hadn’t been simply sparring he would have broke there wrist or arms! You had to be a real fighter back then to even think about opening a school even in the late 60s you would have challenges to fight if you opened a school, Bruce Lee was.

  5. Isn’t this the same dude that doesn’t touch anyone and they all fall down with the wave of his hand. Then got his as$ handed to ’em in a real combat?

  6. Isn’t this the same dude that doesn’t touch anyone and they all fall down with the wave of his hand. Then got his as$ handed to ’em in a real combat?

  9. Referenced year (1954) is wrong. Rooftop footage is from the roof of the Japanese Self-Defense Agency in 1958. It seems to be a longer cut than Aikido Journal’s version of the footage by around 26 seconds, but it’s recut in a different order so there might be some duplicate footage, or additional footage altered to slow-motion. However, there is 9 seconds on this one that is clearly omitted from Aikido Journal’s version. The dojo (interior) footage is from “Lee Green’s Rendevous with Adventure” (1968).

  14. people need to experience breaking a wrist, elbow, shoulder or collar bone to know aikido is legit. True aikidokas can break your joints in a swift move.

  15. I studied Tae Kwon Do for a short while, then Seven Star Praying Mantis.  I’ve studied aikido practitioners and have read heavily about the art.  I know enough to see the mechanics used in the moves the defender makes.  Aikido is no joke.  It’s power comes from a dynamic sphere.  Dynamic meaning ever changing.  Also a simple technique taught in all martial arts is “Your body follows pain.”  So if you have someone in a wrist lock and spin they will happily spin with you.  The nay sayers on this site are idiots.

  20. wow… how good he is! o.o … @kids you better should learn from him instead of condemn an old (dead) man you never knew

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