TAKEMUSU AIKIDO (V1)
basic Techniques

Front page

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Contents

- Preface by Stanley A. Pranin
- Editor's Note
- Basic techniques

- Exercises
    Tai no henko,
    Morotedori kokyunage,
    Suwariwaza kokyuho

- Ikkyo   (16 forms)
- Nikyo   (23 forms)
- Sankyo (17 forms)
- Yonkyo (7 forms)

- Glossary (44 terms)

-Introduction

Takemusu Aïkido : More Basics is the first volume of this comprehensive series presenting the aikido of Morihei Ueshiba O Sensei. This volume covers in exhaustive detail the following series of techniques: shihonage, kotegaeshi, iriminage. This work is profusely illustrated with over 450 photos and includes clear, step by step explanations of each technique.

Morihiro Saito, 9th dan, is one of aikido's most highly acclaimed teachers and recently celebrated his fiftieth anniversary in the art. He was one of the founder Ueshiba's closest students and currently operates Ueshiba's country dojo in Iwama, Ibaragi Prefecture while serving as caretaker of the Aiki Shrine. Saito is well known internationally due to his numerous technical works and frequent instructional tours that which have taken him to more than twenty countries.

Ikuko Kimura is the Japanese Editor of Aiki Nevis. Stanley A. Pranin is a 5th degree black and the editor in chief of Aiki Nems/Aikido Journal which he founded in 1974.