the martial art for defending
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アイキドウ( Aikido ) 合気道. By: Chalisa (Belle) Tabthipwatana G.7. The Martial Art for defending. Basic Information. Aikido is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba. Aikido is often translated as "the Way of unifying with life energy” or as "the Way of harmonious spirit”. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Martial Art for defending
By: Chalisa (Belle) TabthipwatanaG.7
アイキドウ( Aikido)合気道
Basic InformationAikido is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba.Aikido is often translated as "the Way of unifying with life energy” or as "the Way of harmonious spirit”.Ueshiba's goal was to create an art that practitioners could use to defend themselves while also protecting their attacker from injury.Aikido require very little of strength so it’s very popular amongst ladies.
Morihei UeshibaThe founder of Aikido
Weapons training in aikido traditionally includes the short staff (jō), wooden sword (bokken), and knife (tantō)Both weapon-taking and weapon-retention are sometimes taught, to integrate armed and unarmed aspects, although some schools of aikido do not train with weapons at all
Short staff
Wooden sword
knife
Weapons
Aikido practitioners generally progress by promotion through a series of "grades" (kyū), followed by a series of "degrees" (dan). Some aikido organizations use belts to distinguish practitioners' grades, often simply white and black belts to distinguish lower and higher grades, though some use various belt colorsrank Belt color type
Kyu キュ white Mudansha /yūkyūsha
Dan ダン black yūdansha
Uniforms and ranking