Aikido Saito's Empty Hand

Aikido Saito's Empty Hand


Starring:Morihito Saito
Director: Don Warrener
Studio: Rising Sun Productions
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
Smooth smooth smooth is all one can say. Master Saito was one of Ueshiba's original students and his skill is totally amazing. He is fast he is filled with ki and yes he is very very smooth as you will surely see.

He teaches basic techniques and advanced techniques in this production. He will demonstrate for you as well as you will be able to see him teaching a class of students many of the techniques he personally will demonstrate in the first portion of the production.

You will learn many advanced combinations as well as several reversals and just so much more only watching will make you a believer. This man is so filled with ki it simply oussses out of him in every move he does.

You will see as well how he starts and ends a class the exact way he was taught by his master the founder of Aikido Master Ueshiba.

This production was shot at the same time as his 5 volume book set was photographed. This book set is no longer in print and if you can find them they sell for hundreds if not thousands of dollars each.

The entire production is as rare as can be. The first portion of it is in B/W and the last portion including a demonstration of Master Saito and as well him teaching a class is in full color. Both portions are very high quality.
Aikido Saito's Empty Hand
Average customer rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
  • High Quality - umm
  • Could be great, but who knows
 Aikido Saito's Empty Hand
Starring: Morihito Saito
Director: Don Warrener
Manufacturer: Rising Sun Productions
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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  1. Aikido Saito's Jo
  2. Aikido Saito's Sword
  3. Aikido Masters Demonstrate
  4. King of Aikido Vol. I

ASIN: B00030LP0Q
Release Date: 2004-09-01

Description

Smooth smooth smooth is all one can say. Master Saito was one of Ueshiba's original students and his skill is totally amazing. He is fast he is filled with ki and yes he is very very smooth as you will surely see.

He teaches basic techniques and advanced techniques in this production. He will demonstrate for you as well as you will be able to see him teaching a class of students many of the techniques he personally will demonstrate in the first portion of the production.

You will learn many advanced combinations as well as several reversals and just so much more only watching will make you a believer. This man is so filled with ki it simply oussses out of him in every move he does.

You will see as well how he starts and ends a class the exact way he was taught by his master the founder of Aikido Master Ueshiba.

This production was shot at the same time as his 5 volume book set was photographed. This book set is no longer in print and if you can find them they sell for hundreds if not thousands of dollars each.

The entire production is as rare as can be. The first portion of it is in B/W and the last portion including a demonstration of Master Saito and as well him teaching a class is in full color. Both portions are very high quality.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars High Quality - umm.......2006-06-28

Aikido Saito's Empty Hand DVD
Aikido Saito's Jo DVD
Aikido Saito's Sword DVD
I got the set of these DVDs as a present. I wasn't expecting a great deal from "lost footage", but to say these are "high quality" is way off the mark. The first 10 minutes (approx.) of each DVD consists of 2 short films in B&W showing various aikido techniques. These are old, grainy and look like they have been copies from old film stock to VHS and then to DVD. As old historical footage of Saito Sensei, they are interesting and worth viewing.

The annoying problem with these three DVDs is that the second and third sections of each DVD are identical. The only parts which are different are the first 10 minutes in B&W, which do indeed concentrate on Sword, Jo and Empty Hand as claimed in the titles.

The second section is in color, again old, grainy, but is taken from old professional video stock so that it is relatively clear. It is a documentary type section showing training at the Iwama dojo and demonstrating a number of techniques. This is the longest section at about 30 minuets, interesting and worth viewing, but I don't need three copies of it.

The last section is an old home video of Saito Sensei teaching bokken. The video is very bad, breaking up in parts and the audio is virtually inaudible, which makes the section fairly pointless since Saito Sensei is trying to describe subtle differences in position which you can neither see properly on the old video nor hear explained. I definitely don't need three copies of this.

I would have been happier getting one DVD for the same price with the 6 historically significant B&W short films and the old documentary section and a bit of clarity about what is actually on the DVDs.

1 out of 5 stars Could be great, but who knows.......2004-12-31

I ordered the DVD and anxiously loaded it into the player. I got a disk error and it wouldn't play. I tried the DVD in three additional players and two computers and had the same result in each. The DVD appears to be home-made which obviously doesn't affect the content, but the content is irrelevent if you can't view it. I'll post back if I manage to get it exchanged for one that works, in the mean-while, I wouldn't order it.

Ok, Round 2:

Amazon was kind and exchanged the defective one for another which appears identical to the first. Regardless, this one played approximately 15 minutes with minor but irritating interruption and then skipped to the point that it was un-watchable for another 4 minutes or so, then would not play the remaining portion of the content. I tried this again in multiple DVD players with identical result.

Instead of this DVD, I'd recommend...pulling your fingernails out with pliers, shooting yourself in the foot or simply a different DVD, this one is terrible unless you have plenty of asprin to nurse you through the exchange process until you perhaps get a good one.

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