Product Description: Through detailed explanations and illustrative photos, this accessible and informative guide offers a systematic approach to mastering the basics of aikido—a fighting style that utilizes the principle of nonresistance to cause an opponent's own momentum to work against him...read more

Product Description: After many years of dedicated training in the classical fighting arts, Morihei Ueshiba developed Aikido, drawing on the rich history of the martial traditions of Japan, and refining them into a wholly new system. In its relatively short history, Aikido has become one of the most renowned martial arts in the world, teaching its devotees the way of harmony as a spiritual path...read more

Product Description: Aikido techniques stem from a harmony of body movement and "breath power" (kokyu-ryoku). Since its founding by Morihei Ueshiba, Aikido has become one of the most renowned martial arts in the world, teaching its practitioners the way of harmony as a spiritual path...read more

Product Description: Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969), founder of the Japanese martial art of Aikido, is one of the greatest and most beloved martial artists in history. Remembering O-Sensei is a portrait of Ueshiba as told by his uchi-deshi, the students who lived and trained with him as his disciples...read more

Presents an introduction to the fundamentals of aikido, covering training, techniques, and principles of the martial art. (view table of contents)