Saturday, April 21, 2012

First Aikido Book published in Japan Ueshiba Morihei

Title Aikido
Publication Year 1962
Author Ueshiba Kisshomaru
Supervising Editor Ueshiba Morihei

This is a very rare Aikido book written by Ueshiba Kisshomaru and supervised by Ueshiba Morihei,the founder of Aikido.

In the preafce to this book,the author Ueshiba Kisshomaru says,"Aikido was founded by my grandfather,Ueshiba Morihei.However,there is no book on Aikido for people who would like to learn it."

As the preface says,this is a first Aikido book publihed in Japan.