Traditional Aikido - Volume 4 - Vital Techniques - Enso Martial Arts Shop Bristol

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Traditional Aikido - Volume 4 - Vital Techniques Foreword

The current series of books on AIKIDO entitled "Coordinated Relationships Between Ken (sword), Jo (stave) and Taijutsu (empty-handed tech-niques)" was to have been concluded with Volume 3. However, when I reviewed the supposedly last book in the series, my mind began to be filled with memories of a number of essential techniques which ought to have been included in it. Hence the inevitable publication of Volume 4.
Words of Old Master Morihei Uyeshiba, the late founder of AIKIDO, came ringing back in my ears while I was demonstrating the art for photographic purposes. A space of varied techniques, heretofore buried in my mind, then came flooding out. Had I forgotten the Founder, those words would never have come back.
Highlights of this Volume are the introduction of rigorous exercises and Atemi or delivering blows to the body prior to applying techniques, as well as the explanation of the process of variations in Taijutsu. AIKIDO without varied techniques is bound to lose its real essence in the application of the Ken, Jo, and Taijutsu. The trainees must therefore acquire a total command of such varied techniques to the degree of rendering a match meaningless.
This book covers "Kaeshi-waza" or counteractive techniques which have been handed down exclusively to AIKIDO instructors. Due to the nature of these techniques, however, the coverage has been limited only to the basic types. It is to be desired that the instructors concerned will give their own thought to these techniques and make good use of them in imparting the art to their trainees.
The AIKIDO techniques are arrayed in such a way that the unlimited ramifications of these techniques should be practiced systematically. If there is an opportunity in the future, I may wish to talk about teaching methods as well.

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