Customer Reviews
Learning about the movement of Aikido and gaining fitness - By: healthandfitnessdvds.co.uk, 03 Sep 2008 
This was the first book that I bought when I started to learn Aikido & was recommended by the teacher. The book has clear pictures & alllows you to see how the hands should be held for specific moves.
Aikido Text Book - By: M. A. Ramos, 06 Oct 2007 
If you wish to learn the art of Aikido & could only have one book; this would be it. It is effectively illustrated, better than photos. From history & theory, dojo etiquette & fundamental techniques of defense...alll is covered. This book will give you broad overview of the mental & spiritual underpinnings of Aikido as a whole. Must have this book in every library.
The book to have. - By: P. Purcell, 27 Jul 2006 I have the hard back edition & I am on my third reading! Well laid out with the line drawings that give the idea of movement that photographs can not show.
A must buy for any aikidoka.
An Intelligent Intro to an Intelligent Martial Discipline - By: Martyn Skiper, 05 Jul 2005 Not your run-of-the-mill martial arts book. Thoughtfuly & intelligently put together.It is almost impossible to put such a volume together without including some form of instruction, but normallly I would advise against it, as the subtleties of execution cannot be appreciated in a few line drawings. Nevertheless, the authors give it a good shot.
In some ways I feel the book is a little too pseudo-philosophical, but the sense of the spiritual inherent in aikido is adequtely conveyed. Well worth a read as an expert or aspirant
Buy it - By: , 14 May 2004 The best book on Aikido i have read & a useful referance book.
