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The Aikido Master Course: Best Aikido 2 | 
 enlarge | Author: Moriteru Ueshiba
Publisher: Kodansha International
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 285711
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 7.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 477002763X
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9784770027634
ASIN: 477002763X
Publication Date: October 24, 2003
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Product Description
Aikido techniques stem from a harmony of body movement and "breath power" (kokyu-ryoku). Since its founding by Morihei Ueshiba, Aikido has become one of the most renowned martial arts in the world, teaching its practitioners the way of harmony as a spiritual path. With its rapid development in the postwar period, Aikido is now practiced by over a million-and-a-half people worldwide, of all ages and backgrounds. The two direct successors to the Founder have therefore compiled official course books to establish guidelines for the proper practice of the martial art.
Moriteru Ueshiba, grandson of the Founder, together with his late father, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, coauthored the widely acclaimed Best Aikido: The Fundamentals, a comprehensive training aid for Aikido students from beginner to advanced. In The Aikido Master Course: Best Aikido 2, Moriteru continues the legacy of his predecessors, providing the essential second volume authorized by the Aikikai Foundation, the central organization set up by his grandfather Morihei Ueshiba.
In this volume, Moriteru shows probably more techniques and their diverse applications than any previous Aikido textbook. Based on a thorough understanding of the principles taught in The Fundamentals, the basic techniques are given a broader application against a variety of armed and unarmed attacks and against more than one attacker. Many different kinds of pins are also illustrated in both their omote and ura forms, thus facilitating the study of Aikido techniques in a wide-ranging and varied manner.
The Aikido Master Course builds on the principles of entering (irimi) and turning (tenkan) combined with "breath power" taught in the first volume, providing the practitioner with step-by-step instructions that will enrich knowledge acquired in the dojo. Illustrated with over 1,100 photographs of the author demonstrating each technique, this will be an indispensable guide for students of Aikido who wish to deepen their knowledge of the techniques, which, in the words of the Founder himself, have "unlimited application."
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 The Aikido Master Course: Best Aikido 2 June 8, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Aikido Master Course: Best Aikido 2 is a book for advanced students. The pictures are excellent, the descriptions are brief, to the point, and on a level for students who have already mastered the basics. Very easy to understand. I know of no other single book that shows so many different advanced-level techniques. This is part two. the Part 1 book, Best Aikido is a book for mid-level students. Together, they are probably the most comprehensive, exhaustive, current, authoritative references for Aikido.
 Very good book. February 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is an outgrowth of an earlier work. It is well-illustrated, and produced by the bona-fide lineage of the Founder, which gives it a definite Aikikai slant (although this is not a bad thing).
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