The Decisive Power of Aikido (激突！合気道)

Morihei Ueshiba creator of Aikido

THE POWER OF AIKIDO

Aikido...

...is what the originator, Moriheio Ueshiba...

completed based on Koryu, Jujyutsu, Sojyutsu, and Kenjyutsu...

as a result of study and hard work.

Aikido is not an art to fight and defeat an enemy.

It is the road of faith and training in which one defends every attack...

that is possibly conceived with various precise skills.

Born as a child of an old family in Wakayama...

Ueshiba had been absorbed in the training of martial arts,

succeeding the violent characteristic of his father, a decendent of samurai.

But after serving in the Russo-Japanese War...

he was assigned as a leader of a reclamation group...

funded by the eminent people.

This story starts in the Shirataku reclaimed village in MonbetuGun, Hokkaido...

in the beginning of the Showa Era.

Leader...

Leader's back.

He's back.

Hey, everyone...

Leader is back.

Welcome back, leader.

You must be tired.

Who is this lady, leader?

What a pretty lady.

She's Ms Mine.

As of today, she's a member of this reclaimed village.

Take care of her, everyone.

Nice to meet you.

Next!

Your waist is too high.

Next!

What?

Isn't she the leader's woman?

Idiot.

There must be more to him than meets the eye.

If his wife in Wakayama finds out about this...

This is going to be serious.

Don't be silly.

Leader saved her when she was being harrassed by a group of men in Engal.

It's surely him.

But she has no relatives and place to go since she just arrived from Nagasaki.

That's why.

Hey, what are you whispering about?

Come over here.

I'm going to hammer some spirit into you.

All three of you!

Please...

Excuse me, leader.

Next!

I'm going to take a break.

Next.

Ouch!

Do you want another cup?

Yes.

Yes.

I'm sorry.

Was it hot?

I'm sorry.

Kyushu dialect is unusal.

What do you mean by ''unusual''?

''Unusal'' means...

That means...

interesting...

Oh, it means interesting.

Help me. I'm being chased.

What's going on?

I ran away from Hokkai School's massage group.

If I'm caught, I will be killed.

Leader...

What's the matter?

Hide him in the back.

What do you want?

Who the hell are you?

Our kid must've escaped in here.

Take him out.

As far as I see, he's merely a kid.

Let him go.

Don't be ridiculous.

We paid 20 yen for him.

20 yen?

Are you going to pay for him?

Do you have it?

Make an allowance for this.

It's a little bit short, though.

A little bit short?

Is it?

Too short.

Half of 20 yen is 10 yen.

The half of 10 yen is 5 yen.

The half of 5 yen is...

You make fool of me!

We have our rules!

We're going to take the kid back by all means.

Over there!

Damn.

It's your turn, Mr Natori.

Please take care of him.

You're quite good.

I'm Shinbei Natori of the Natori School of Karate.

Morihei Ueshiba of the Kitou School of Chujyutu.

Leader!

Leader!

Bastard!

Leader

It's working, it's working.

Leader!

I'll beat him even at the cost of my life.

Stop.

Bastard

It's over!

You're surely great, Mr Natori.

Finish him off quick.

No, he learned his lesson.

What did you do that for?

Leader!

No, no.

Where did that bastard go?

I'm sorry it's all my fault.

Never mind that.

Anyway, treat your injury and leave here.

Please let me stay here.

I'll be killed if I'm caught next time.

Okay.

Work here.

Thank you so much.

Leader...

Look after this.

Ms Mine.

Ms Mine!

What's the matter?

It's nothing.

It's really nothing.

Damned Shinbei Natori.

I won't be beaten by Karate.

One more drink.

If you cut the root, you lose the plant too.

Please think about it.

You've become out of shape.

Your debt gets bigger.

If you're in trouble, I'm in trouble too.

What are you going to do about it?

Mr Okita

Ueshiba, what do you want?

Tell me something.

Are you asking me to fight a farmer of a reclaimed village?

Kenzo Okita is underestimated.

I want to defeat Karate no matter what I do.

Karate?

I was beaten hard by Shinbei Natori of the Natori School.

of the Natori School.

Natori?

I heard the brothers are both well skilled.

Brothers?

Shinbei would be the younger one.

There is a rumor that his beloved wife died and he retired.

What a wimpy man!

By the way...

What school is your Yawara?

Kitou school

How about your sword?

Yagyu school

Mine is Fukushin Ittou School...

but I learned Yawara and Karate too.

Do you want to fight by swords?

Or by Yawara?

Let's have a match using both means.

You said when you fight a real battle, you use a sword.

So I want to try it.

How dare you say that!

I won't make any allowances.

Come on.

One more.

One more time.

The result will be the same.

But you have guts.

Damn.

I can't do anything with what I've learned until today.

Neither Karate...

nor sword.

So, go with sword only.

I'll train you.

This isn't the age when you can kill someone and just walk away.

You're so stubborn.

That's why you aren't accepted by society.

Ueshiba...

Master Soubei Honda of the Shiten school is going to go around Hokkaido...

for the martial training of the police soon.

I'm going to ask the master to recommend me...

to the martial department of the police.

Mr Okita...

...talking about the Shiten school, it's the Otome School of the Aizu Clan.

That's right.

It's the Shiten School of Yawara that doesn't go on loan.

Shiten school

Hey, Ueshiba,

don't think about any silly things.

The master is a very hard person to deal with.

So, he doesn't usually take any pupils.