aikido: Spiritual discipline and self-defense method that uses grappling, throws, and nonresistance to debilitate opponents. The name aikido combines three Japanese words: ai (union or harmony), ki (breath, spirit or life force), and do (way). Proponents translate aikido as the way of unifying ki or the way of harmony with the spirit of the universe (or universal energy). Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969), a Japanese farmer and master martial artist, founded aikido sometime between 1922 and 1931, after a divine revelation. Ueshiba claimed supernatural power. (His surname is also spelled Oyeshiba and Uyeshiba.) Practitioners may be called aikidoists.

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somatic therapy (somatic disciplines, somatic methods, somatics, somatic techniques, somatic therapies): Field that encompasses aikido, the Alexander Technique, applied kinesiology, Arica, Aston-Patterning, Awareness Through Movement, bioenergetics, Body-Mind Centering, Capoeria, Continuum, CranioSacral Therapy, Eutony, Focusing, Functional Integration, Hakomi, Hellerwork, judo, karate, kundalini yoga, kung fu, Lomi (see lomi-lomi and Lomi work), Oki yoga (see Oki-Do), Process-Oriented Psychotherapy (process psychology), rebirthing, reflexology, Resonant Kinesiology, Rolfing, Rosen work (see Rosen Method), sensory awareness, SHEN, somasynthesis, tai chi, Touch for Health, Trager, Trans Fiber, yoga therapy, and Zero Balancing.

Subtle-energy elements are a commonality of somatic therapies. Thomas Hanna, founder of the journal Somatics, coined the word somatics.

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Aikido: Aikido is a martial art that relies on harmonious movements and minimal muscular effort to resolve conflicts.

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Aikido (合気道 Aikidō, also 合氣道 using an older style of kanji), literally meaning 'harmony energy way', or with some poetic licence, 'way of the harmonious spirit', is a gendai budo — a modern Japanese martial art. Practitioners of Aikido are known as aikidoka. It was developed by Morihei Ueshiba (植芝盛平) (also known by Aikidoka as o-sensei (翁先生) over the period of the 1930s to the 1960s. Technically, the major parts of Aikido are derived from Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu (大東流合気柔術), a f ...

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• Aikido - Technique
• Aikido - Training
• Aikido - Clothing
• Aikido - Spirituality
• Aikido - Ki
• Aikido - Body
• Aikido - Mind
• Aikido - Styles
• Aikido - Aikidoka

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Aikido: A Japanese martial art.

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Aikido: The Japanese name of this martial art literally means "the way of spiritual harmony." Like tai chi, Aikido exercises emphasize harmony and grace of movement.

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Aikido: Spiritual discipline and self-defense method that uses grappling, throws, and non-resistance to debilitate opponents.

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Aikido

(Japanese - The way of harmony with life energy) A modern Japanese martial art

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AIKIDO

This noncompetitive Japanese martial art aims to harmonize energy with that of a partner or opponent in order to achieve both physical and emotional mastery through peaceful resolution.

Aikido literally means the path to the coordination of body, mind, and spirit. Aikido is a defensive system of continuous, circular motions, combining many of the fluid, dance-like movements of t’ai chi along with more subtle, stylized techniques.

When practiced properly, successful defense is achieved through minimal action. Originally seen as a combination of religion and martial arts, aikido was created by Morehei Ueshiba in the early 20th century.

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Warriorobics: Blend of aerobics, aikido, and Ki breathing, developed by Henry Smith.

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Qi (also referred to as Chee, Chi, Qui or Ki):

in Eastern philosophies, the energy that connects and animates everything in the universe; includes both individual qi (personal life force) and universal qi, which are coextensive through the practice of mind-body disciplines, such as traditional meditation, aikido, and tai chi.

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Martial Arts: While the West often thinks of the martial arts as a sport or form of self-defense, these techniques originally developed in the East to increase mental acuity, health, and spiritual development through intense physical training. The many forms range from more externally oriented types such as karate and tae kwan do, which emphasize muscle and endurance, to the internally oriented tai chi and aikido, which seek to restore harmony and balance to the body.

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Aikido incorporates a wide range of techniques which use principles of energy and motion to redirect, neutralise and control attackers. One of the central martial philosophies of aikido is to be able to handle multiple-attacker circumstances fluidly. Randori, practice against multiple opponents, is a key part of the curriculum in most aikido schools and is required fo the higher level belts. Another tenet of aikido is that the aikidoka should gain control of their opponent as quickly as possible, while causing the least amount of damage possible to either party. If performed correctly, size and strength are not important ...

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Aikido, Aikido - History, Aikido - Technique, Aikido - Training, Aikido - Clothing, Aikido - Spirituality, Aikido - Ki, Aikido - Body, Aikido - Mind, Aikido - Styles, Aikido - Aikidoka

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The Aikikai Foundation (財団法人合気会) is the original organisation for the Japanese budo art aikido, officially recognized by the Japanese government in 1940. It describes itself as "the parent organization for the development and popularization of aikido throughout the world", although there are several offshoots whose arts all are named aikido. The Aikikai is often referred to as an umbrella organisation for various national and other aikido organisations. Its headqua ...

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Yoshokai Aikido (合氣道耀尚會) was founded in 1991 by Takashi Kushida-sensei, long-time student of Gozo Shioda-sensei, founder of Yoshinkan aikido. Kushida-sensei, when still with the Yoshinkan, arrived in the US circa 1973. Yoshokai aikido is based at the Genyokan dojo in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Yoshokai aikido is a "hard" style of aikido by common parlance, very similar still to Yoshinkan. Those interested in seeing examples of Yoshokai aikido can probably look up the more common Yoshinkan videos on the web, and get ...

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Yoshinkan (養神館, Yōshinkan, lit. House for Cultivating the Spirit) is a style of Aikido founded by Gozo Shioda (1915-1994) after World War II. It is occasionally called a hard style because the training methods are a product of the grueling period that Shioda spent as a student of Morihei Ueshiba. Yoshinkan Aikido has some 150 basic techniques which are practiced repeatedly: these enable the student to master the remaining ones, which total some 3000 overall. The syllabus contains no weapons training. Like many sty ...

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Suki could refer to: Sukiyaki, a Japanese beef dish. Suki: A Like Story, a manga by CLAMP. Suki (Papua New Guinea) - a town in Papua New Guinea Suki, a term in Aikido for being vulnerable to attack or having flawed technique. Other related archivesAikido, CLAMP, Japanese, Suki: A Like Story, Sukiyaki, manga

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Zanshin (Japanese: 残心) is a martial art term used in Aikido, Karate, Kendo, Iaido, Kyudo and other Japanese martial arts, referring to a state of awareness - a state of relaxed alertness. The literal translation is remaining mind. In Kyudo it means the remaining body posture after the shooting of an arrow as a result of working body forces as well as the remaining state of mind. See also. Martial arts Bushido Fudoshin Mushin Shoshin

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In RMAS, Ukes is a relatively rational poster being hectored by an intolerant and bigoted hypocrite using the ironic name of "Evolution". In Japanese martial arts, the uke (受け; pronunced oo-keh) is the person who "receives" a technique. In Aikido training this means that the uke initiates an attack against his partner (the nage (投げ) or "thrower", sometimes known instead as tori), who then defends himself with a technique, generally ...

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Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. Photograph by Felice Beato. Bushido (Japanese: 武士道; bushidō, "way of the warrior"), is a way of life, somewhat analogous to the European concept of chivalry. It includes elements of a philosophy, except that is it generally not textual in nature, and it involves, but is not equivalent to, a code of conduct. Bushido developed between the 11th to 14th centuries and was formalized during the opening years of the Tokugawa shogunate for the members of the Samurai class. According to t ...

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• Bushido - Seven virtues associated with bushido
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