Tenkei Aikido Dojo

By Hiroshi Ikedatranslated by Jun Akiyamaedited by Ginger IkedaMorihei Ueshiba, the founder of aikido, said that when he moved in a direction that was natural to him, his opponent had no other option but to do so as well. This is what we can call “ittaika” or “putting two bodies together as one.” When attacked, O [...]

There are basically three levels of Ki Breathing: 1) Whole Body Breathing 2) Universal Breathing 3) “No” Breathing Whole Body Breathing is the foundation, and it is what is taught to all beginning students. Just follow what I describe in the book, Ki Aikido on Maui, as far as the use of imagination for filling [...]