Koichi Tohei 10th Dan - Rare Aikido Demonstration (1957)

SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=SenNoSenProject SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/guillaumeerard 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: http://www.guillaumeerard.com/aikido/articles/biography-of-andre-nocquet-the-first-foreign-student-of-morihei-ueshiba --- EQUIPMENT I AM USING --- Panasonic Lumix GH5 (https://amzn.to/3kMF2CM) Panasonic LUMIX G VARIO 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH. POWER O.I.S. (https://amzn.to/3ouf0qx) Metabones Canon EF Lens to Micro Four Thirds T Speed Booster XL 0.64x (https://amzn.to/3mw5sJQ) Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Lens (https://amzn.to/34zwEBe) Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens (https://amzn.to/37HyiTg) Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens (https://amzn.to/3owPelp) Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 SP Di VC USD Lens (https://amzn.to/2HK4XwE) 3 Axis Handheld Camera Gimbal | ZHIYUN Crane PLUS (https://amzn.to/3oufgWx) Glidecam XR-1000 Handheld Camera Stabilizer (https://amzn.to/2Tv7oWn) GoPro Hero 4 Black Edition (https://amzn.to/37LM1Za) Rode VideoMic Pro Compact VMP (https://amzn.to/2HvUy83) Zoom H1 Ultra-Portable Digital Audio Recorder (https://amzn.to/3jAJMdi) Rode Lavalier Lapel Omni-Directional Condenser Microphone (https://amzn.to/2TwaUjq) Footage kindly provided by Michel Desroches http://www.micheldersroches.fr Music by Guillaume Erard https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mindscapes/id420708853 #koichitohei #kiaikido #aikido