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AIKIDO PRACTICE
AIKIDO THEORY
AIKIDO BOOKS
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Abundant Peace Book ReviewAbundant PeaceThe Biography of Morihei Ueshiba, by John StevensJohn Stevens, who lived for many years in Japan and practiced mostly for the old nobleman Shirata Rinjiro, has written a very readable biography of Osensei's life and deeds, including many pictures and picturesque anecdotes - some of which have been questioned, especially by those who are convinced they know better.A biography of someone as legendary as Osensei is almost impossible to keep factual, especially since all his students were so amazed by him. John Stevens also got carried away, occasionally. That's obvious in the book, but without that fascination it would not be a fair portrait of Osensei. So, although much in this biography is not to be taken literally, it offers a wonderful story about a wonderful man.
Invincible WarriorPictorial Biography of Morihei Ueshiba, by John Stevens Later on, John Stevens made a new version of his Osensei biography, called Invincible Warrior - A Pictorial Biography of Morihei Ueshiba, the Founder of Aikido. I's a somewhat polished version with additional photos and texts, but I sort of miss the excited naivety of the original version. Still, it contains some new material of interest to those who want to learn about Osensei in great detail.
My other reviewsI've reviewed some other books about aikido and related topics.
My Own Aikido BooksAikido Principles Basic Concepts of the Peaceful Martial Art. The principles, philosophy, and basic ideas of aikido. It's not about the aikido techniques, but the thoughts and ideas behind them. You could call it a book on aikido theory. It was my first book, initially in Swedish
Attacks in Aikido How to do kogeki, the attack techniques. All the attack techniques in aikido explained, and how to do them correctly. This is an often neglected field in aikido training. We focus on the aikido defense techniques but forget to learn the attacks properly - but then the development of our aikido skills will suffer. So, I wrote this book. As far as I know, it's the only one on the subject.
Aikibatto Sword and staff exercises for aikido students. I developed a comprised system of sword and staff exercises (aikiken and aikijo), initially for my own students to get familiar with these things. Other aikido students seemed to appreciate it, so I made this book. The exercises are explained in detail, with practical and spiritual aspects of the sword arts, how to teach them, equipment for training, and more.
Qi - Increase Your Life Energy Ki, the life energy, is a very important aspect of aikido. This is evident already in the name of this martial art. It's the same as the Chinese concept qi (also spelled chi or ch'i). Although essential in many ways, far from all aikido students know how to deal with it and integrate it in their training. Therefore, I wrote this book explaining ki, with several simple basic exercises on how to awaken, increase, and use the life energy.
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Stefan Stenudd
 About me
I'm a Swedish author and aikido instructor, 6 dan Aikikai Shihan, Vice Chairman of the International Aikido Federation. I've practiced aikido for 40 years. I also teach the sword art iaido. In addition to fiction, I've written books about aikido and other Eastern traditions. More about me here.
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