- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Kodansha America (Oct 7 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 4770027621
- ISBN-13: 978-4770027627
- Product Dimensions: 26.5 x 19 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 680 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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#215,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #25 in Books > Sports > Individual Sports > Martial Arts > Aikido
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"The book is a concise, illustrated guide for how to do the basic aikido techniques, with information of value to practitioners of all levels....As a technical reference for the performance of basic aikido techniques, this book is exemplary and sets the standard." - Journal of Asian Martial Arts
"An excellent introduction to the basics of aikido." -The Hawai'i Herald
"The major part of the book contains excellent photos of fundamental Aikido techniques demonstrated by Moriteru Ueshiba himself, an invaluable reference work which I recommend to all my students and to the general readership who require an authoritative, clearly presented, and extremely well-written introduction to the art of Aikido." -Cultural News
Book Description
At last, the complete and authoritative introduction to all the fundamentals of Aikido, coauthored by the two direct successors to the Founder of the martial art, Morihei Ueshiba. Coauthors Kisshomaru Ueshiba and Moriteru Ueshiba, son and grandson of the Founder, seek to carry on his legacy and to share with the millions of men and women around the world practicing Aikido today the most important techniques and principles of the art.
This book is the quintessential training aid for all Aikido practitioners -- whether beginning or advanced -- who wish to further their understanding of the forms and spirit of Aikido.
Underlying the forms, or physical techniques, are the spiritual principles of Aikido, which are based on the notion of ki, or "life force." Ki is the fundamental element to understanding Aikido. But as the authors explain, it cannot be learned merely by watching a demonstration or reading a book. Rather, one must come to experience it through practice, in unifying body and mind.
Best Aikido helps guide the practitioner to this goal. It offers step-by-step instruction that will complement knowledge learned in the dojo. The text is illustrated with a wealth of never-before-seen photographs that feature Aikido master Moriteru Ueshiba demonstrating the fundamental techniques of the art.
Best Aikido is authorized by the Aikikai Foundation, the central organization set up by Morihei Ueshiba.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Book on the Basics of Aikido,
By Sun Tzu (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Best Aikido: The Fundamentals (Hardcover)
I have 4 other titles on Aikido and have browsed through quite a few others. I must say this is by far the best on the basics of Aikido. The pictures are reasonably clear and the descriptions are reasonably detailed. However, I would have liked all the techniques executed (and pictures taken) without the hakama on so that the readers can have a good look at the footwork as well.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great textbook on teaching fundamentals,
By Go Terps "go_terps" (APO, AE USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Best Aikido: The Fundamentals (Hardcover)
This is probably the defacto textbook on Aikido fundamentals. Rcommendeded for anyone who wants to learn Aikido.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good information and fundamentals,
By Bushi (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Best Aikido: The Fundamentals (Hardcover)
I found this book to be a good overview of the fundamentals. It covers what most other aikido books do as fas as techniques but I especially liked the Basics and Warmups section at the beginning, as well as the philosophy. They actually expressed that aikido is not a rigid curriculum(which is how many schools are run) but that it is up to the practitioner to explore the art.As for the techniques, you could see the same thing in a book by Kisshomaru Ueshiba back in 1985(Aikido). So this book to me is just another publishing of the same techniques. I was hoping for better pictures, but I would rate them the same as the 1985 book. Kind of pixely B&W's. There are some good inserts to show detail, which was not in his previous book. I guess I'll wait for the 2nd book to come out in December 2003. Looks like it will cover more details. But nothing compares to actual hands-on. I'd say that both books would be good for beginners.
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