in 1994, students of Aikido from all over the world gathered in Washington DC to celebrate the 40th anniversary in Aikido of Mitsugi Saotome Sensei - a direct student of Aikido's founder who has become one of the art's most important teachers.in 1994, students of Aikido from all over the world gathered in Washington DC to celebrate the 40th anniversary in Aikido of Mitsugi Saotome Sensei - a direct student of Aikido's founder who has become one of the art's most important teachers.

Produced by Aikido Today Magazine to record the events, this 72-minute video contains:

-Demonstrations for ATM's cameras by four master-level instructors: Senseis Mitsugi Saotome, Yoshio Kuroiwa, Hiroshi Ikeda, and Frank Doran

-Systematic instruction on various aspects of Aikido by these sensei

-and interviews with the sensei.

As extras, this video also contains scenes from a public demonstration by 24 of Saotome Sensel's senior students and coverage of a testimonial banquet given in Saotome Sensei's honor.