Knowra Morihei Ueshiba Morihei Ueshiba Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969) was a Japanese martial artist who founded aikido, a discipline combining martial techniques with an ethic of harmony and nonresistance.
Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu : A Japanese martial art emphasizing joint locks, throws, and control through aiki principles. Ueshiba’s intensive study of this art supplied much of aikido’s technical foundation.
Aikido : A Japanese martial art that uses throws, pins, and joint controls while emphasizing harmony and nonresistance. This is the discipline Ueshiba developed and named through his evolving martial practice.
Kisshomaru Ueshiba : Aikido teacher and son of Morihei Ueshiba who led the Aikikai after his father’s death. He organized and expanded the institution that became aikido’s largest international network.
Iwama : A town in Ibaraki Prefecture where Ueshiba lived, trained, and developed aikido from the late 1940s. His years in Iwama shaped the mature practice later associated with weapons training and spiritual discipline.
Takeda Sōkaku : A Japanese martial artist who revived and taught Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu. Ueshiba studied Daitō-ryū under Takeda and adapted its techniques into his own practice.
Aiki : A martial principle of coordinating with an opponent’s movement and disrupting their balance. Ueshiba presented aiki as a way to resolve force without meeting it head-on.
Koichi Tohei : A prominent aikido teacher who founded the Ki Society after leaving the Aikikai. His later break with the Aikikai shows how Ueshiba’s teachings inspired divergent training emphases.
Aikido weapons : Training methods in aikido using the wooden sword, staff, and knife to study distance and movement. Ueshiba’s weapons practice informed how he taught empty-hand techniques and martial principles.
Ōmoto : A Japanese religious movement founded by Nao Deguchi, combining spiritual teachings with ideals of social renewal. Ueshiba’s association with Ōmoto shaped his spiritual understanding of martial practice.
Ukemi : The practice of receiving a technique safely through falling, rolling, or otherwise yielding to force. Aikido training made controlled falling essential to practicing Ueshiba’s throwing techniques safely.
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