Aikido Weapons Techniques av Phong Thong Dang, Lynn Seiser

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<B>Master the wooden weapons used in Aikido with this comprehensive martial arts training manual.</B><BR><BR>Although aikido is often thought of as a nonviolent, noncompetitive martial art, the use of weapons was introduced by the art''s founder O''Sensei Morihei Ueshiba. In fact, aikido techniques that use wooden weapons can enrich all aspects of your practice, helping you to understand both basic and advanced aikido technical tactics as well as conceptual strategies and skills.<BR><BR>Building on the authors'' belief that no empty-hand system is complete without weapons training, <I>Aikido Weapons Techniques: The Wooden Sword, Stick, and Knife of Aikido</I> demonstrates weapon use both as a training tool to better illustrate aikido principles, and as a self-defense against weapon attacks. It focuses on the three primary weapons used in aikido:<ul><li><I>Ken</I>—the wooden sword</li><li><I>Jo</I>—the wooden staff</li><li><I>Tanto</I>—the wooden knife</li></ul>A compl