Aiki is a 2002 Japanese film about a martial artist in a wheelchair, directed and written by Daisuke Tengan. It is loosely based on the life of a Danish practitioner of the Roppokai branch of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu, Ole Kingston Jensen, who started training in Daitō-ryū after he was handicapped in an accident and now is the highest ranking non-Japanese member of the Roppokai.[2]

The film premiered at the 2002 Venice Film Festival.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Aiki". TimeOut. 10 September 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Aiki" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  3. ^ Rooney, David (August 30, 2002). "Aiki". Retrieved July 10, 2020.


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