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"Undoubtedly the most comprehensive manual of aikido techniques in English. For all serious martial artists, it will repay a close study and deserves a place on the small shelf of martial art masterpieces. Total Aikido is Shioda's masterpiece. Aikido as it was intended to be." -- Combat magazine ,September 1997
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Total Aikido is a Kodansha International publication.
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One of the basics of aikido is the principle of maintaining a straight center line in the body. Read the first page
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One of the basics of aikido is the principle of maintaining a straight center line in the body. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad,
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This review is from: Total Aikido: The Master Course (Hardcover)
First, I am not dissapointed and it is worth buying it. It is completely concentrated on the basic techniques and illustrations are good. You can not become aikido expert just by reading it but you can find some good advices. The one thing it lacks is a little bit about aikido philosophy and different variations on different techniques. However, this is an excellent training manual for a beginner, as myself, although no book can replace training. It is all about practicing.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good as books go...,
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This review is from: Total Aikido: The Master Course (Hardcover)
There is always a problem learning any martial art from a book. No matter how good the pictures and explanation are, it doesn't translate well to the "real" world. This book does a little better than most. The pictures are good and the explanations are generally pretty clear. If you're looking for help in remembering what you're supposed to be learning, this book may help you. There are a couple of complaints I had, though I think they're fairly minor. First, some of the picture sequences were arranged oddly and I found this confusing. Once I worked it out, it was ok. Second, the names of the techniques are different than I've seen used by most other Aikido dojos. This was also easily overcome as the differences were pretty minor (ikkajo instead of ikkyo), but it was annoying in a niggling sort of way.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book,
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This review is from: Total Aikido: The Master Course (Hardcover)
I started to read this book as aikido is one of my second Martial Arts first being Shotokan karate.This is a very good book for all levels of aikido student with lots of pictures, easy to follow, even for a beginner. This is a book for grabs, which i just did. Cheers Marian
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