Aikido is the most recent and most brilliantly conceived of the Japanese martial arts. A superb fighting technique, it is scarcely interested in fighting－it doesn’t even have matches, just training. You train to put your mind and body in the same place for once－the one-point at your center of gravity. You train to acquire and direct Ki－energy (not strength, but coherent energy: when it’s flowing you don’t have to move). You train to blend with your opponent and use his energy to unhinge his attack. I find this book by two Americans to be far more useful for learning aikido than the numerous texts by Japanese students of the original master Morihei Uyeshiba. The illustrations here are profoundly better than the usual photographs. They depict the mental image－which is the heart of aikido technique. An editor can use aikido, a general, an actor, a craftsman, a politician, a designer. What the body learns and practices becomes useful in any realm.
[Stewart Brand, The Last Whole Earth Catalog p.425]

【コンテンツ】
1. WHAT IS AIKIDO?
2. THE FOUNDATIONS OF AIKIDO
3. ORGANIZATION
4. THE PRACTICE OF AIKIDO
5. THE THEORY OF DEFENSE
6. THE PHYSICAL PREPARATION
7. THE POSTURE AND MOTION OF DEFENSE
8. THE BASIC TECHNIQUES OF NEUTRALIZATION
9. ADVANCED PRACTICE
10. CONCLUSION

出版：1992年
言語：英語
ページ数：375ページ
サイズ：16.5m×23.5cm×3cm

【コンディション】
ジャケットに日焼けや傷み、本体にシミ（写真4）がありますが、内部は良好です。