Torben Ulrich 90 years of tennis & art
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- Torben Ulrich 90 years of tennis & art
In 2017 Mats Ögren Wanger (filmmaker and journalist) intervied the danish #tennislegend #TorbenUlrich in San Francisco where Torben nowadays live.
Torben Ulrich comes from a genuine tennis family where father #EinerUlrich was with and initiated the #GregoryCup 1947 team competition with #ColinGregory (former elite player and then chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis Club and #MarcusWallenberg (former elite player and former chairman of KLTK). Torben and his brother Jørgen have participated in numerous Gregory Cup matches over the years. Torben Ulrich has also played both the Stockholm Open and a number of Grand Slam tournaments.
In the film "Torben Ulrich - 90 years of tennis & art" we get an insight into Torben Ulrich's beautiful world where art, music, poetry and tennis are intertwined. The common message is that things are connected and not isolated events. Something he calls us to carry with us on the tennis court for a more genuine experience.
Torben also tells when he played double against the founder of the club, Gustaf V.
Torben had an unusually long tennis career and was a professional player even after 40 years of age. He was famous for moving on the track like a panther. Towards the end of his active career, he also had the chance to play double with a young #BjörnBorg during a Madrid tournament.
Torben Ulrich (born Oct. 4, 1928) has been called one the most colorful and unique voices in Danish culture of the 20th and 21st centuries, stemming from his lifelong activities as poet, musician, radio and newspaper journalist, painter, filmmaker, performer and athlete, all attempting to explore these fields within a transdisciplinary approach. This view has long been grounded in a process-oriented, wide-ranging study of movement in spiritual, philosophical and athletic traditions, accentuating the practical while including the historical aspects of alchemy, dance, yogic studies, Buddhism, Christian and Jewish Kabbalah, Sufism, Taoism, etc.
Torben’s work with ball, rope, racquet, and rice paper has its beginnings in 1971, when the Lions Club of Copenhagen asked a variety of politicians, actors, writers and others to make “a blue elephant” for a charity exhibit to benefit a senior center in Denmark. - ตลก
R.I.P Torben Ulrich🕯️🕊️🌹
(1928 - 2023)
Like if you are here after heard he pass away.
Rest in Peace, Torben Ulrich!
Rest in Peace. I got to know him a little in years past. He was a lovely man.
Inspirational. Thank you Mr. Wanger.
I am myself a tennis artist and a musician.
THIS IS WHY LARS IS SO SMART!
Torben Ulrich... Great Tennis 🎾 legend..
Such a wonderful man with wisdom and knowledge.. 👍🏻
Tennis 🎾 is an Art 🎨 and a inspirational 🎶 Musical experience.. 👍🏻
To me 🎾 tennis strokes are nice soothing sounds..
Like in Football..
He would have won the longest Beard 🧔🏻 competition in tennis 🎾.. 👍🏻
Such a original guy. Torben was ................Torben
El gran Rasputín, también jugaba al tenis y tocaba jazz, además de que tenía una tercera pierna, increíble!.
Thank you for this lovely tribute video. I got to know Torben and spend some time on and off the court with him in the early and mid 80's. He visited the Buddhist monastery in my hometown of Woodstock, NY and I helped him organize an art show as part of a series of fundraising events for the monastery. I am the proud owner of two of his amazing tennis paintings. I learned more about life and the connection between one's art, one's sport and one's spiritual practice from Torben then from almost anyone else in my life
Hi Peter, thanks for sharing your comment about the film and your relation to Torben Ulrich. It made me happy. Are you still practicing buddism in NY? It was very special to meet and interview Torben 2017 in his home in San Francisco and meet his son Lars at Torbens art exhibition in LA and also his friends that was so grateful for what they learnt from Torben.
Im a Swedish journalist and filmmaker based in Stockholm - I been to New York once and hope to come back one day. all the best Mats
@@matsogrenwanger3291 Hi Mats - Yes, I am still following the dharma in Woodstock. And I have shared this amazing video with a number of my friends - both tennis players and jazz musicians. Torben was "intermedia" before that word existed!
@@matsogrenwanger3291 Thank you for your sensitive interview, and this video, Mats. It's a great privilege and very valuable to be able to look back at this material, now a day since he passed on.
Best man
thanks Aga - yes a very cool man
Excelente documental film. el gran Torben.
BEAUTIFUL!!!
Henrik Thuge thank you Henrik
Isn't he Lars' father?
Yup
@@Tiski_jukka indeed yes loved by the Metallica family
Yeah dude, that's Lars @ 0:11
A legend. Read Gordon Forbes handful of summer’s for some great anecdotes
Great film - love the philosophy.. you really see radical thinking imbued in the educated class in Copenhagen, not unlike Kirkegaard et al
Truly enjoyed this historical document It is very we’ll done and captures great values from distinguished people of tennis
tack Sven, det var mycket trevligt att höra. Ha det bra i Pater Noster.
If you got time we can play at KLTK
God rest your soul, RIP.
How does he think about Rune?
not a bad career in tennis overall for Lars dad. highest rank 96 but he made the SF and QF of the major slams NOT BAD
As he aged, his unique approach to fitness and the psychological aspects of performance allowed him to defeat many players previously ranked higher than him. This is why in 1976 he was actually the top-ranked senior player in the world.
Cómo una regadera.
Los españoles no sois más garrulos porque no os entrenáis.
@@frankgala4570 si eres español, y hablas de los españoles en tercera persona, quien es el garrulo.?
Yo no soy español, garrulo.
Cool but weird
I don't know about you, but in my book weird generally accompanies cool more often than not.
Metallica forever 😺.
Delete that
So glad someone else remembers that documentary lol
@@prophetofbeans6781 what happened?
@@NhanNguyen-ip8wf Barry is quoting Torben from the Metallica documemtary about their album St. Anger. The doc is called Some Kind of Monster and it details the band doing poorly emotionally after Jason Newsted left the band in 2001. Lars' dad sat in on the guys showing him some stuff from the partially finished album. There was one instrumental section they said should begin the album, but Torben instead said "Delete that" lol
@@prophetofbeans6781 Just a father offering his responsible advice. It wasn't quite so brutal sounding as "delete that" when he said it, even if those are the words he used.
I dont get some art at all
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That's okay. You're not supposed to like it all. Just like music.