Aikido Weapons Techniques: The Wooden Sword, Stick and Knife of Aikido

Acknowledged authors Dang, Phong Thong, Seiser, Lynn wrote Aikido Weapons Techniques: The Wooden Sword, Stick and Knife of Aikido comprising 144 pages back in 2017. Textbook and eTextbook are published under ISBN 480531429X and 9784805314296. Since then Aikido Weapons Techniques: The Wooden Sword, Stick and Knife of Aikido textbook was available to sell back to BooksRun online for the top buyback price of $ 2.02 or rent at the marketplace.

Master the wooden weapons used in Aikido with this comprehensive martial arts training manual.

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.

Building on the authors' belief that no empty-hand system is complete without weapons training, Aikido Weapons Techniques: The Wooden Sword, Stick, and Knife of Aikido 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:

• Ken—the wooden sword
• Jo—the wooden staff
• Tanto—the wooden knife

A complete discussion of each armament is included, with descriptions of the stances, grips, techniques, forms, defenses, and training appropriate for each.

With over 200 step-by-step photographs and detailed instructions, this aikido book provides an in-depth exploration of weapons use in aikido—from its spiritual implications to technical theory and practical application.