Morihiro Saito Aiki Ken DVD Aikido

This is the first of a two-DVD set covering most of the Iwama Aiki Ken and Aiki Jo curriculum expertly demonstrated by Morihiro Saito, 9th dan. These ken and jo forms were compiled and refined by Saito Sensei based on his weapons training directly under Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba. These DVDs present the most detailed instruction available on aikido weapons and clearly depict each sword and staff movement in an easily-understood manner.

New Multilingual Edition

Aiki Ken is now available in English, Japanese, and French!

The Aiki Ken DVD covers: 7 ken suburi, ki musubi no tachi, 5 kumitachi and henka no tachi. Complete English and French overdub of Japanese explanations.

In addition, two rare bonus films have been included on this DVD. The first item is a film documentary on Saito Sensei produced in 1974 by Dyanna Taylor on the occasion of his first overseas tour to California. He was 46 years old and in his prime. Saito Sensei made a lasting impression for his technical and teaching skills and was invited back many times.

The second bonus program presents in its entirety the sword demonstration of Saito Sensei from the 1989 All-Japan Aikido Demonstration held at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Exciting action!

Important note: This product is available in DVD-R format free of regional codes and can be played on most DVD players and computers worldwide. Note that customers having older model DVD players or older DVD drives on their computers that are not compatible with the DVD-R format may not be able to view these DVDs. Please be sure that the player device you will be using is compatible with the DVD-R format. Customers residing outside North America with players compatible with the DVD-R format should also be able to view these DVDs as most recent European DVD players also have the ability to play NTSC-standard DVDs in addition to the European PAL format