Aikido Weapons Techniques
Aikido Weapons Techniques: The Wooden Sword, Stick, and Knife of Aikido Phong Thong Dang, Lynn Seiser,
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 0804836418
DDC: 796.6
Edition: Paperback; 2006-01-30
Summary:
Though aikido is known as a nonviolent, noncompetitive martial art,
the use of weapons in aikido was introduced by the art's founder
O'Sensei Morihei Ueshiba. The wooden weapons of aikido are most often
used as training tools to better illustrate aikido principles and
movements and to train in self-defense against weapons. This book
features the three main weapons used in aikido: the boken or ken
(wooden sword), jo (wooden short staff), and tanto (wooden knife). A
complete discussion on each weapon is included with descriptions of
the stances, grips, techniques, defenses, forms, and training
appropriate for each weapon.The aikido concepts, training and
techniques represented are those influenced by the weapons practice
of O'Sensei Morihei Ueshiba, as well as the styles of Saito Sensei's
Iwama-ryu.
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