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Birth of Morihei Ueshiba
Born in Tanabe, Kii Province
- Fourth child and only son to Yoroku Ueshiba and Yuki
- Financially affluent family -
Childhood
studies buddhist scripture and confucian lessons in a Buddhist temple (Jizodera)- starts having reaccuring dreams
- father starts to worry about his son, so he promotes him in doing more physical activites such as swimming and sumó
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School
attends Tanabe Prefecture Middle School but leaves two years after to go to work for Yoshida Abacus Institue -
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Training
Graduiation
- Works for the Tanabe tax office as a land value assenssor -
resigns from tax office
Participation in a uprising against a new fisheries act in Tokyo
- withdraws from the tax authority
- emigrates to Tokyo
- establishes trading company
- studies Tenhin Shin’yo-ryu Jujutsu and Kenjutsu
- marries Hatsu Itokawa
- develops heart beriberi after a few months in Tokyo -> determined to strenghten his body -
Joins Army Infantry Regiment
in Osaka -
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russian japanese war
sent to front as corporal
- returns as sergeant
- attends Masakatsu Nakai’s dojo in Sakai (Goto School of Yagyu-ryu jujutsu) -
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Return to Tanabe
discharged from Japanese army
- returns to Tanabe
- studies Kodokan judo from Kiyoichi Takagi
- awarded certificate from Goto School -
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Hokkaido
birth of first daughter (Matsuko) -
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Kishu Group
Ueshiba Morihei becomes leader of the Kishu group, consisting of fifty-four households
- leave Tanabe for Hokkaido in March
- arrive in May and settle at Shirataki, near village of Yobetsu
- start a farming community -
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Fire in Shirataki
meets Sokaku Takeda (Daito-ryu juijutsu) in 1915
- the Shirataki community is completely destroyed by Fire
- His first son is born two months after July 1917 -
Election
elected as twon councillor in Kamiyubetsu village -
Fathers illness
when he got the news that his father was ill, he left Hokkaido
- he tranfered land property to Sokaku Takeda
- Meets Onisaburo Deguchi of Omoto religion in Ayabe -
spiritual path
his Father died on January 2, aged 76
- begins his spiritual path alongside Onisaburo Deguchi
- he returns to Tanabe to relocate with his family to Ayabe (HQ of Omoto religion)
- builds "Ueshiba Juko" dojo.
- second son, is born in Agust
- eldest son, Takemori dies in August, aged 3
- second son, Kuniharu dies in September, aged 1 -
arrest
authorities clamp down on sect and arrest Onisaburo and his third son, Kisshomaru -
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Awarded Kyoji dairi
his Mother Yuki dies
- Sokaku Takeda visits Ayabe along with family for five months to teach
- awarded “Kyoji dairi” (teaching assistant) certificate from Takeda
- Ueshiba’s martial arts principles become known as Ueshiba-ryu aiki-bujutsu. -
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emmigration
emmigrates to Mongolia with Onisaburo to establish an utopian community
-The party led by them is captured and held prisoner by the Chinese military for plotting to overthrow the government
-released after a short interment - intervention of Japanese consulate
-return to Japan
-teaches at the Ueshiba Academy
-works on farm
-reflects on his Mongolian experiences, particulary facing death
-found he could see flashes of light
-encountered situations of manifestations of a spiritual force -
spiritual encounter
challenged by a young naval officer (master of kendo)
- defeats him without fighting because he could sense the direction in which the blow would fall before the officers wooden sword would strike
- Ueshiba goes to wash at a well and experiences a complete serenity of body and spirit.
- At the same time the concept of the unity of the universe and the self became clear to him
- Ueshiba changed the name of his art to Aiko-Budo -
Demonstration
Ueshiba performs demonstrations in Tokyo to the former Prime Minister Gombei Yamamoto -
Return to Tokyo
Ueshiba is invited to return to Tokyo by Admiral Takeshita
- begins teaching at the Imperial Court and at the Imerial Household Ministry
- In summor, he returns to Ayabe, ill with an intestinal disorder -
moves to Tokyo
moves to Tokyo with entire family
- establishes temporary dojo in billiard room of the Shimazu mansion in Shiba, Shirogane in Samurachi -
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moving
1928 moves to Shiba, Tsunamachi, site of temporary dojo
- 1929 moves his family to Shiba (near sengaku temple), sets up temporary dojo- 1930 moves to Shimo-Ochiai in Mejiroda
- Jigoro Kano of Judo observes demonstration by Ueshiba in Mejiro dojo and dispatches several students from Kodokan
- Ueshiba is visited by Major-General Makoto Miura
- Miura is sceptical and comes to defeat Ueshiba but changes his mind
- Ueshiba becomes instructor at the Toyama Military Academy at Mirua's request
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Hell Dojo
dedication of eighty mat aiki-budo dojo inaugurated as the Kobukan dojo in Ushigome, Wakamatsu-cho
- becomes known as “hell dojo” because of the intense training -
Budo Sen'yokai
Budo Sen’yokai (Society for the Promotion of Martial Arts) is established -
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Promotion
becomes president of Budo Sen'yokai
- published technical manual "Budo Renshu"
- Takeda Dojo established in Hyogo Prefecture -
Documentary
film documentary of Aikido Budo made in Osaka
- still the only known pre-war film of Morihei Ueshiba -
martial arts demonstration
attends martial arts demonstration in Machuria
- Aiki Budo becomes official curriculum subject at police academy
- Kobukan is granted status as incorporated foundation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare -
Butokukai
Aiki-budo is assimilated into the Butokukai (a government body uniting all martial arts under one organisation)
- Ueshiba gives demonstration at Sainekan dojo on imperial grounds
- teaches at military police academy
- invited to Manchuria to instruct during University Martial Arts week
Becomes martial arts advisor for Shimbuden and Kenkoku universities in Manchuria
- first use of name AIKIDO -
Aiko registered with Ministry of Education
"Aikido" bevomes official and is registered with Ministry of Education
- invited to Manchuria as representative of Japanese martial arts to attend Manchuria Japanese Exchange Martial Arts demo's in commemoration of 10th anniversary of Manchurian Independence
- moves to Iwama, Ibaraki Prefecture
- his son, Kisshomaru becomes Director of Kobukai Foundation -
Shrine
Aiki Shrine built in Iwama -
ceased activity
Kobukai Foundation ceases activity due to post-war ban on martial arts
- Iwama dojo completed. -
Director of Aikikai Foundation
Hombu Dojo moves back to Tokyo from Iwama
- takes the title “Aikikai Foundation: The Hombu Dojo of Aikido” -
Travel
travels to osaka to instruct in dojo of Bansen Tanaka for several weeks -
public exhibition
several foreign ambassadors invited to public exhibition -
U.S television documentary
U.S. television documentary “Rendezvous with Adventure” filmed -
Medal
receives Medal of Honour with Purple Ribbon from Emperor Hirohito and the Japanese government -
TV Documentary
invited to Hawaii by Hawaii Aikikai
- TV documentary made by NHK company
- all-Japan Student Aikido Federation established with Ueshiba as president. -
Aikido Demonstration
First All- Japan Aikido Demonstration -
Reveives Order
receives Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, as Founder of Aikido -
new Hombu Dojo
New Hombu Dojo is established