Today, Aikido is as much a familiar kind of martial arts, like karate or judo. But since it was founded, in less than 80 years. The speed with which new martial art spread all over the world and gained popularity among all the continents, can be regarded as unprecedented. Aikido, as a new combat system that was formulated in 1942 by the famous master Morihei Ueshiba, who creatively reinterpreted expertise in different areas of martial arts and combines it with the rich philosophical and spiritual foundations. However, this accomplishment was preceded by a fairly rich and entertaining way of life master. So, Morihei Ueshiba born December 14, 1883 in settlement of Tanabe. His father was a farmer, but his mother belonged to a noble family, one of the branches of the clan Takeda.
According to legend, a child Ueshiba was weak and painful, but it's written all wizards martial arts, trying to emphasize their aspiration for self-bezprimernoe. By tradition, he was involved in various types of martial arts related to ju-jitsu and ken-jutsu. In addition, from an early age he discovered a love for philosophical and religious treatises. When he was 19, he enlisted as a volunteer in the army, and ended up in Manchuria, where those years went by stubborn fighting with Russian troops at Port Arthur. For contrast, manifested in action, he was granted the rank of sergeant, as well as the recommended intake in the National Military Academy.
He continued a career military Ueshiba refused and returned to Tanabe, where, thanks to their financial situation, could pozovlit currently devote his life to studying the martial arts. First, Ueshiba studied with Kyoshi Takagi, one of the disciples of the famous founder of judo founder Jigoro Kano. Then, in 1912 he moved to Hokkaido, where he was to meet with renowned master of martial arts in those years – Sokaku Takeda Sensei.