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Aikido - The Tomiki Way

by Neil Saunders

283 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #03-1038; ISBN 1-4120-0668-6; US$36.19, C$47.00, EUR30.55, £20.95

Tomiki Aikido is a martial art with scientifically planned techniques, which can be leant through kata and randori; this enables a student to make steady and regular improvement. Aikido - The Tomiki Way introduces the complete system to a new student as well as providing useful reference material to an advanced practitioner regardless of style.

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About the Book Aikido is a Japanese art and was developed by Morihei Ueshiba. Aikido primarily includes techniques for unarmed and armed attacks. These techniques include numerous joint twisting and pinning techniques, as well as striking techniques. An advanced student of Aikido has a mastery of these techniques that enables them to disturb an opponent's balance or ward off grasps and strikes. The techniques of Aikido have the power to injure or kill, but primarily their purpose is to control one or more opponents. A few of Ueshiba's students decided to spread their knowledge of Aikido by opening their own schools. Each of these students interpreted the Aikido that they were taught differently, which has resulted in many different 'styles'. One student of Jigoro Kano, Tomiki Sensei devised a systematic and logical curriculum that can be practiced both in kata and randori, which enables a student to make steady progress and regular improvement. the resulting style of Aikido is commonly referred to as Tomiki Aikido. Aikido - The Tomiki Way introduces a new student to Tomiki Aikido, while also providing useful reference material to an advanced practitioner of Aikido., regardless of style. This book contains over 1100 photographs demonstrating the kata system (including all six Koryu-No-Kata) of Tomiki Aikido, as well as explaining etiquette, basic movements, and ukemi that are used in this system.

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