Aikido Teaches Respect
Aikido is considered a grappling martial art with a focus on wrist, elbow and shoulder joint locks. Aikido also utilizes the joint locks to facilitate Judo type throws.This system is very well designed to fit any person. We highly recommend this training for women and children, though the system is equally effective for men. Aikido allows a small person to subdue a much larger person.
As a self defense program, Aikido is excellent. Combining Aikido with Shotokan Karate training, gives the student many options for self defense. Adults begin with basics that allow basic control, grace, and survival skills, along with a few of the basic techniques we still favor as black belts. The focus for adults is on practical application, preparing them for more realistic situations.Recommended Literature
Below is the recommended literature for Aikido. These texts come highly recommended by Sensei Julie Haskins.
Journey to the Heart of Aikido: The Teachings of Motomichi Anno Sensei - Linda Holiday, Motomichi Anno
Paperback: 376 pages
Publisher: Blue Snake Books; 1st Printing edition (September 10, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1583946594
ISBN-13: 978-1583946596
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
Summary:
Journey to the Heart of Aikido presents the teachings of Motomichi
Anno Sensei, one of the few remaining direct students of Morihei
Ueshiba, the legendary founder of Aikido. After a lifetime of practice
and teaching in Japan, the United States, and Europe, Anno Sensei
conveys through his teachings Aikido's essential spirit of love,
harmony, gratitude, and purification with simple authenticity and
eloquence. Author and translator Linda Holiday--herself a senior
instructor of Aikido--brings to life the intimacy of this communication
through translated discourses on the deep practice of Aikido and candid
dialogues between Anno sensei and Western students.
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