Aikido Basics: Everything You Need to Get Started in Aikido - From Basic Footwork and Throws to Training

By Phong Thong Dang

Book Overview

Get your aikido training off to a great start--from basic footwork and throws to training and demonstrations. This martial arts guide is a perfect introduction to aikido for beginners.

Are you planning to learn Aikido, but don't know where to begin? Are you looking for a teacher? Are you taking a class but confused by the unfamiliar terms used to describe the techniques?

This aikido book offers an easy, yet comprehensive introduction to everything you need to know to feel confident and be successful.

You'll learn about: The origins of aikido--its philosophy, history and techniquesHow to find a teacher and a class that is right for youGetting ready--what happens in a typical Aikido class?The essentials--stances, strikes, grabs, throws, and pinsHow to complement your aikido training with ki exercises, multiple-person training, and freestyle exercisesHow to succeed in Aikido-- how to create an effective training program, test for belt promotion, and participate in competitions and tournamentsResources to help you further develop your Aikido skills
Whether you're just getting started, or you've already been training for a year or two, Aikido Basics offers an easy, yet comprehensive introduction to the sport that make you feel more confident and enable you to become successful much more quickly.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804845875
• ISBN13: 9780804845878
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A very well laid out and objective book...

This book does a very good job of explaining its title subject... basic Aikido. There are no politics or style-specific posturings here; only solid basic information in an easy-to-read format. Look also for two recently released titles by the same authors: "Advanced Aikido" and "Aikido Weapons Techniques".

The best basics book Ive read.........

This is a clear, very well written and thorough "basics" book. What I was looking for was a book that clearly explained basic concepts I could pass on to children and beginning adults. What I found was an enjoable book that not only helps me teach but refreshes my memory on concepts I have learned from many sources over many years. One clear source for those concepts we never out grow or over practice.