Life and Works of Morihei Ueshiba: The Search for the region where there is Tanabe was once called the region of Ki, and through the centuries it was constantly visited by mystics, ascetics and hermits who lived often in natural ravines the mountains of Kumano, seeking contact with the mysterious sources of cosmic energy that permeated these places. A Tanabe, December 14 1883, Ueshiba Morihei was born. From childhood began to study the Chinese classics under the guidance of a priest of the Shingon sect, Fujimoto Mitsuji, and learned directly from the voice of the mother to the legends of Mount Kumano. While descending from a family of vigorous people, its constitution was fragile and remained so throughout his life, but a force of indomitable will and constant application allowed him to overcome any obstacle. To counter his weakness and his mystical tendencies, his father introduced him to the art of sumo and encouraged him to practice other martial arts. Equipped with a prodigious memory and ease of calculation and study accounting and moved to Tokyo in 1902 where he explores the study of martial arts, probably impressed by the aggression that his father had to suffer in the eyes of a group of bandits. Practice jujutsu school of Yagyu-ryu and Tenshin Shin'yo and probably the school Shingake-ryu sword. But a serious illness forced him to return to Tanabe, where he married Hatsu Itokawa. In 1903 it was reformed by military service because of insufficient stature to an inch (measured 1.56). Determined not to resign, he did stay in the trees with heavy weights to the ankles, so as to lengthen the spine. Was accepted at a second visit and participate in the war with Russia, from which he returned with the rank of sergeant and a reputation for great skill in handling Bayonet (jukendo). He had also earned the nickname Tetsujin, Iron Man, and weighed over 80 pounds, had followed when he was seconded to the teachings of the Yagyu Ryu Nakaya master Masakatsu Nakai, which continues into the next year to attend (he had received in 1908 diploma as a teacher) After his return to the home barn of the family home was turned into a dojo, and it was there that follows the teachings of Master Ueshiba judo Kiyoichi Takagi and those of political Kumakusu Minakata, whose shared opposition to environmental degradation and morale of the region in the name of progress. Realizing that the situation in the region was degraded in any case, it is a poor mountainous area physically who lived alone income of small-scale fishing, and great prospects did not authorize, support the appeal of the Japanese government to colonize the island of Hokkaido. He moved in 1912 in the village of Shirataki in Hokkaido lavishing all his energies into the physical and moral development of the colony, especially after a fire in 1916 had almost completely destroyed the village, it is estimated to have killed himself in a massive trees 500 years . Jukendo sumo tournaments and to keep up morale, practiced exercises purification into the icy waters of the rivers, and was also the time to fight the robbers who infested the area. It was in Hokkaido that he met with the teacher Sokaku Takeda of Daito-Ryu school, even He settled on the island. It was certainly the experience that maggiormante sign from a technical standpoint. Seguí closely the teachings of Takeda, often accompanies him on his travels and the guests in his home. But at the end of 1919 a serious illness of his father forced him to leave the Ueshiba Hokkaido, where he would never set foot. Leaving his home in Sokaku Takeda, he began traveling. He stopped on the street in Ayabe, to the knowledge of the mystic Onisaburo Deguchi, who awakens in him an indelible impression. During a prayer session, the shadow of his father appeared to Ueshiba, who was shaken. Deguchi walked up to him asking him what was wrong. Ueshiba said he was concerned about his father, and Deguchi's simply replied, "Your father is right. Let him go.." Ueshiba's father died before he returned to Tanabe, leaving a posthumous message: "Be free, live like you really want." Deeply prostrate, Ueshiba left with her sword towards the mountains, where for days hovers like a fury, fighting against the shadows. On his return he decided to leave the family home to move into the community Omoto-kyo in Ayabe, where he opened a dojo has become final, at the age of 36 years, a master of martial arts. During the first terrible year for illness Ueshiba lost his two sons and Deguchi was arrested by the government for subversive activities, to be released after four months. In 1921 the birth of a new son, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, gave the signal of a shift towards better times. Ueshiba then for several years shared ideals and the adventures of Deguchi, including the unrealistic idealistic attempt to establish a new universal community in Manchuria. It was in this dojo Ayabe who had a unique experience that marks his life, and that ended his search.
