Koichi Tohei 10th Dan - Rare Aikido Demonstration (1957)
submitted by budofinder
on 04/08/15
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This is a rare demonstration held at the Self-Defense Ministry in Tokyo's Akasaka circa 1957. This section is the performance of Koichi Tohei. The film was part of André Nocquet's private 8 mm collection. Nocquet was the very first foreign live-in student of the founder of Aikido Morihei Ueshiba. He spent 3 years living with the Ueshiba family from 1955 to 1957 and trained daily at the Kobukan Dojo. Read Nocquet's full biography: www.guillaumeerard.com/aikido/articles/biography-of-andre-nocquet-the-first-foreign-student-of-morihei-ueshiba Footage kindly provided by Michel Desroches www.micheldersroches.fr Music by Guillaume Erard itunes.apple.com/us/album/mindscapes/id420708853
