Adele Westbrook & Oliver Ratti
Aikido neutralizes aggression and renders attackers harmless. By controlling body position and harmonizing their vital physical and mental powers, anyone - regardless of size, strength or weight - can fend off attacks using this sophisticated martial art. This classic text reveals the secrets which enable the stunning control practiced in Aikido.
376pp, 9x6, illus. ... Paperback
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Mitsugi Saotome
Saotome's book examines the spiritual philosophy of its founder, the influence of the warrior ideals of Japan, and the scientific principles underlying Aikido. He shows how Aikido's spiral movement is a model for the perfection of nature's balance, and how its practice can bring us back into harmony with nature, with others, and with ourselves. Illustrated with Saotome's drawings, diagrams and calligraphies, plus photographs of Aikido techniques.
240pp,11x8.5, illus. ... Paperback
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Richard Strozzi Heckler
The body’s innate capacity for feeling, intuition and compassion can enable us to heal our physical and emotional wounds. In The Anatomy of Change, Richard Heckler draws on Aikido and Lomi Bodywork to demonstrate how a set of practices can bring a new awareness and choice into our daily life. “Using vignettes from his therapeutic work, Heckler gives us a sense of how our experiences shape our body. These stories clearly show that being embodied involves a formative process which organises our bodily shapes… Heckler maps out a way to contact and shape our somatic rhythms.” Dan Clurman, Inquiring Mind
160pp, 9x6 ... ISBN 1556431473 ... Paperback
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Hiroshi Ikeda
Center outlines the five elements of power that the aikido enthusiast must use to succeed, and it explains strategic applications of movement that give the practitioner the advantage. Moving beyond techniques and forms, this engaging hands-on book explores the underlying dynamics of moving energy through the body and manipulating the energy of the aggressor.
150pp, 9x6 ... Paperback
John Stevens
A complete collection of the writings of the founder of aikido, and a master guide to aikido technique. Hundreds of rare photographs of Ueshiba in action. "... indispensable book for the serious aikidoka ... the best technical photos of the founder that I have ever seen...." - Aiki News.
200pp, 10½x7½, illus. ... Paperback
Published price £13.99 -- You save £2.80 ... 20%
Morihei Ueshiba
Aikido - a modern Japanese martial art unique in its synthesis of classic forms with a well-defined spiritual base - offers a key to the art of living naturally and unselfishly in a complicated world. This book explains it in reference to the founder's philosophy of mind and action. In addition, the history of aikido's prewar development as a non-competitive new martial art is described, with a consideration of its international role.
128pp, 7x4.5 ... Paperback
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Hew Dillon
The Spiritual Journey of Aikido presents a new approach to the martial art of Aikido, and is based on the author's long experience as a student and teacher. Hew Dillon examines some of the traditional approaches to teaching, and raises questions and offers answers which he illustrates with over 250 photographs.
80pp, 9x7, illus. ... Paperback
Published price £11.99 -- You save £2.40 ... 20%
