Morihei Ueshiba was born in Tanabe,Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on December 14, 1883.^{[1] [2]}

The only son of Yoroku and Yuki Ueshiba's five children, Morihei was raised in a somewhat privileged setting. His father was a rich landowner who also traded in lumber and fishing and was politically active. Ueshiba was a rather weak, sickly child and bookish in his inclinations. At a young age his father encouraged him to take up sumo wrestling and swimming and entertained him with stories of his great-grandfather Kichiemon who was considered a very strong samurai in his era. The need for such strength was further emphasized when the young Ueshiba witnessed his father being attacked by followers of a competing politician.^[3]

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If you speed up Aikido, it seemed to me, you'd kill your partner. In training and testing, they never

ever do it realtime.