Tenkei Aikido Dojo

But once again we have a fundamental problem. In encouraging this type of tension on the part of the attacker we are developing habits which are extremely bad from a martial point of view. Immovability has no function in the martial arts; it simply creates all sorts of suki, or openings, which the nage can [...]

What is it that makes Aikido, Aikido? If anything it’s got to be aiki, this word which we loosely translate as Harmony. Yet what is often presented as for Aikido seems notably lacking in aiki making it more another form of jiu jutsu.
An understanding of balance lines, the mechanics govern body movement, proper positioning, [...]