Save over 30% off retail price! We are offering a special set of 5 outstanding DVDs featuring Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba. We feel that it is important for aikidoka to be familiar with the life and art of this incredible martial artist. These DVDs contain rare film clips of Morihei Ueshiba O-Sensei at various stages of his life. If you’ve never see O-Sensei in action before you’ll be dazzled and inspired by his wizardry on the mat! The 5 DVDs retail normally for $199.75, but during this special you will save more than 30% off as this special offers sells for $134.95 plus shipping & handling.

We would like to bring to your attention that we have recently released a new DVD featuring an Aikido legend, Morihiro Saito Sensei, one of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba’s closest disciples. This exceptional DVD presents never-before-seen footage of Saito Sensei as he appeared in 1991 while teaching a seminar in San Diego, California. Without doubt, this program makes a significant contribution to the steadily growing catalog of techniques of Saito Sensei available on DVD.

With a runtime of 120 minutes, the material covered in this DVD includes the complete series of morotedori kokyuho exercises, numerous ushiro ryotedori and eridori techniques, and—a special treat—the rarely seen ninindori series, advanced techniques against two opponents. Complete English subtitles have been provided to enable viewers to follow in detail Saito Sensei’s instruction.

We have had many new subscribers since we launched our offer of the free back issue DVD for those subscribing or renewing their subscriptions to the Online Aikido Journal for two years.

Many of you know that this incredible DVD includes 26 years of Aiki News / Aikido Journal, more than 4,300 pages in PDF format to be read on your computer. However, this information-packed DVD also includes several bonuses. Among them is a 4-hour lecture by Stanley Pranin on the history of aikido in mp3 format. This detailed lecture will give you many new perspectives on the life of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba not found in any book.

Here is a 15-minute sample from the lecture.

Together with the launch of our newest DVD title “Morihiro Saito: Lost Seminars, Part 5,” we are offering a set of all five DVDs of this series for the incredible price of $129.95, a full 35% off the retail price.

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Without doubt, one of the finest reference sources on Aikido technique is the six-volume series titled Takemusu Aikido authored by Morihiro Saito, 9th dan, in the last decade of his life.

The Takemusu Aikido series contain hundreds of techniques that encapsulize the teachings of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba in Iwama in the years following World War II. These wonderful reference manuals feature thousands of technical photos including historical shots of O-Sensei and Saito Sensei.

We are pleased to announce the availability of a new DVD by Shoji Nishio Sensei that features the long-awaited final videos of the outstanding instructional series he produced in the late 1990s. The fourth DVD of this series features Volumes 7, 8 and 9 that correspond to Katadori Menuchi, and Aikido Toho Iai, Parts 1 & 2.

The running time of this new DVD is 97 minutes in full color. All of the programs include English subtitles. This DVD, like the others of this series, are of outstanding quality having been shot with top-of-the line video equipment.

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Click here to take advantage of the special offer of all 4 DVDs of this series plus Nishio Sensei famous technical tome titled Yurusu Budo, his only book publication.

This special consists of the four Nishio Aikido DVDs—including the newly released “Katadori Menuchi / Aikido Toho Iai” DVD—expertly demonstrated and explained by Shoji Nishio Sensei, one of the top aikido instructors of the postwar era. This set also includes the outstanding Yurusu Budo book, the only book written by Nishio Sensei during his lifetime. By purchasing the set of DVDs and book together you will save over 30% compared to the retail price. See below for detailed descriptions of each of the set items.

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We are now offering the outstanding Aiki Ken and Jo DVD set by Morihiro Saito Shihan in a multilingual edition. When viewing the DVDs, you can choose to listen to Saito Sensei in the original Japanese or your preferred voiceover in English or French.

We feel that this wonderful innovation will permit a much wider audience to view and understand the teachings of Saito Sensei on the weapons training of aikido.

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Click here to view a description of the Aiki Jo DVD and for ordering information.

We would like to notify you that “Traditional Aikido, Volume 2” by Morihiro Saito has been republished and began shpping from the publisher on December 17. Those of you who submitted preorders can expect to receive your new books shortly. Orders placed from this point on will be shipped immediately.

Click here for more information on “Traditional Aikido, Volume 2” by Morihiro Saito Sensei.

Clich here for Information on Volume 1.

Parenthetically, preorders for Volume 3 will be announced shortly.

We would like to offer you the opportunity to create your own special discounts that will allow you to get the most out of your investment in martial arts educational materials sold through Aikido Journal. We now have a special interface that will allow you to easily choose the products comprising your special package.

If you would like a particular combination of products—books, DVDs, posters, etc.—which are not already offered as a set at a discounted price, this is your chance to tailor-make your own special purchase at a more affordable price.

One of world’s leading Aikido instructors featured on new DVD from Aikido Journal!

We have recently placed on sale our new DVD featuring one of Aikido’s top instructors, Christian Tissier of France. This one-of-a-kind DVD presents an in-depth look at the life and art of one of Aikido’s preeminent masters, Christian Tissier, 7th dan. Having begun Aikido as a boy in France in 1962, Tissier spent eight years in Japan at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo training with many of the art’s top masters. On his return to his native France, he brought back a new kind of Aikido that soon captured the imagination of the Aikido world in his country and practitioners throughout Europe. Tissier is at present the leading figure in the FFAAA organization, one of France’s two large Aikido associations.

We are pleased to notify readers that we are now able to offer Morihiro Saito Sensei’s Traditional Aikido books starting with Volume 1, “Basic Techniques” available immediately!

This is a brand-new edition done in the exact style and format of the original books by Saito Sensei that took the aikido world by storm when they were released in the 1970s. These are hardcover volumes made for durability featuring a semi-gloss paper like the originally published volumes.

For years these books have been out-of-print and were sold for hundreds of dollars on sites such as ebay.com. Now you can own this collector’s item in brand-new, mint condition for your aikido library. Volume 2 will be released shortly and an announcement will follow soon. The remaining books of the series—five in total—will be published in succession thereafter.

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Click here for Traditional Aikido, Volume 2 which is also available on a pre-order basis at a special discounted rate!