Highlights of the 3rd Aikido Friendship Demonstration in Tokyo (1987)

This video features clips from the Kashima Shinto-ryu and Yagyu Shingan-ryu demonstrations which were part of the 3rd Aikido Friendship Demonstration sponsored by Aiki News that took place in Tokyo in September 1987. Morihei Ueshiba studied these two classical schools prior to the establishment of aikido. Of special interest is the first section of footage in the Kashima Shinto-ryu clip as it contains a demonstration of the first kumitachi of this school that was incorporated by Morihei Ueshiba into his Aik