The aim of an athletic conditioning program is to develop muscular strength, heart-lung fitness, and flexibility. The Western approach is to treat these three major components of fitness as separate, with dedicated activities for each.
If you're interested in truly effective self-defense, this is the book for you. Grandmaster Bennett will teach you how to redirect attacks and gain the advantage over your opponent.
Like Machiavelli's The Prince and the Japanese Book of Five Rings, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is as timely for business people today as it was for military strategists in ancient China.
For the first time in English, The Essence of Aikido presents the profound philosophy of Aikido in Morihei's own words, disclosing many of the arcane secrets of Aikido's aims and methods.
All the major aspects of Aikido are clearly laid out in this beautiful beginner's guide to Aikido. Illustrated with over 90 photographs and using a clever 'page per topic' format,