Morihei Ueshiba
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Morihei Ueshiba 植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei |
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Morihei Ueshiba in Ayabe in 1921
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| Born |
December 14, 1883 Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan |
| Died | April 26, 1969 (aged 85) Iwama, Ibaraki, Japan due to cancer of the liver |
| Native name | 植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Style | Aikido |
| Teacher(s) | Takeda Sōkaku |
| Children | Matsuko Ueshiba Takemori Ueshiba (died in infancy) Kuneharu (died in infancy) Kisshomaru Ueshiba |
| Notable students | See below |
Morihei Ueshiba (植芝 盛平 Ueshiba Morihei?, December 14, 1883 – April 26, 1969) was a martial artist and founder of the Japanese martial art of Aikido. He is often referred to as "the founder" Kaiso (開祖?) or Ōsensei (大先生/翁先生?), "Great Teacher".
The son of a landowner from Tanabe, Ueshiba studied a number of martial arts in his youth, and served in the Japanese Army during the Russo-Japanese War. After being discharged in 1907, he moved to Hokkaidō as the head of a pioneer settlement; here he met and studied with Takeda Sokaku, the founder of Daitō-ryū aiki-jūjutsu. On leaving Hokkaido in 1919, Ueshiba joined the Ōmoto-kyō movement, a Shinto sect, in Ayabe, where he served as a martial arts instructor and opened his first dojo. He accompanied the head of the Ōmoto-kyō group, Onisaburo Deguchi, on an expedition to Mongolia in 1924, where they were captured by Chinese troops and returned to Japan. The following year, he experienced a great spiritual enlightenment, stating that, "a golden spirit sprang up from the ground, veiled my body, and changed my body into a golden one." After this experience, his martial arts skill appeared to be greatly increased.
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