CompleteMartialArts.com - Living Aikido: Form, Training, Essence
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 796.8154 EAN: 9780938190851 ISBN: 0938190857 Label: North Atlantic Books Manufacturer: North Atlantic Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 200 Publication Date: 1993-01-25 Publisher: North Atlantic Books Release Date: 1993-01-25 Studio: North Atlantic Books
Living Aikido contains excellent tips that would help sharpen the novice technique through the advanced practitioner. In the process of reading it, one undergoes an enlightening experience.
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Customer Rating: Summary: A very good introductory book... Comment: This author was once one of the brightest stars among American instructors of Aikido, having trained or trained with many of the names who are now staples in the art. This book is insightful, and purposefully narrow in its approach, by giving very detailed information about only a few of the most fundamental Aikido techniques. Customer Rating: Summary: Great for beginners Comment: Good step by step shots of techniques with clear and concise explanations, valuable explanations of etiquette, somewhat motivating too! Customer Rating: Summary: Zhan Shu Chuan (Fighting strategy fist) Comment: I have read the above titled book Living Aikido and found it to be a very enlightening experience. Although I have studied Zhan Shu Chuan for over 17 years I was still able to find excellent tips that would help sharpening the novice technique through the advanced practitioner. If you are looking for a book that will help you use the proper technique instead of forcing your way through a move, This is one of the best none chinese books I have had the pleasure of reading. A point I felt worth mentioning was that we have 2 women in our class that have also had the pleasure of reading this book and I have witnessed marked improvements in their time sparring we have a third woman reading my copy as I write this.I hope you find this helpful. Humblely, Ohio Zhan Shu Chuan Coach Customer Rating: Summary: Great book to supplement training Comment: This book provides good guides in practising the basic physical fundamentals of akido. I have found the little details in this book very helpful in understanding how to touch up the four basic aiki movements. The author is able to impart his knowledge in a way that is applicable to me. Overall, a book that I would recommend using as a supplement to training. Customer Rating: Summary: Detailed guide to five primary aikido techniques Comment: This book is not a general guide, but rather concentrates on just five primary Aikido techniques. However, it goes into very great detail on Ikkyo, Shiho-Nage, Koshi-Nage, Kokyu-Nage, and Irimi-Nage. There are a number of useful photos showing *wrong* positioning. If you are actually attempting to learn these techniques from the book, this book is quite good.
