Akido

Aikido is one of the oldest forms of martial arts. Founded by Morihei Ueshiba, Aikido is done through the studies of many different types of traditional martial arts. In fact, is often perceived as a form of exercise or a dance because of some of its forms. It 'also considered by some as some kind of martial mesmerism.

Martial arts is a contribution to Asia for the world. Who can forget Bruce Lee and the fact that he was first and foremost a martial arts athlete before being a movie star? Even until now martial arts is still a big blow with the growing popularity of Asian films like crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and, more recently, the House of Flying Daggers.

"Do not fight force with force", this is the most elementary principle of Aikido. Considered as one of the non-aggressive styles of martial arts, Aikido has become popular because they do not instigate or provoke any attack. Instead, the force of the attacker is redirected into throws, locks, and techniques more restrictive.
Because Aikido uses very few punches and kicks, the size, weight, age and physical strength of participants or their opponents only partake only a small role. The important thing is the Qualified Aikido is skilled enough to redirect his attacker energy while keeping him or her in a constant imbalance.

Basically, there are four levels of technique in Aikido training. These are the concerns that Katai to basic training and is intended to build the foundation of body movements and breathing, the yawarakai trains the defendant to deflect attacks and fuse movements to take control of situation or attacker, the Ki-no -nagare which involves training the defendant to defend or counter attack by merging his movement with the aggressor, even before it makes contact and Ki, which is the absolute and Aikido technique requires the creation of a relationship ki or spirit of the defender to the attacker.

It is believed that Aikido was first introduced to Western culture as far back as 1951 by a doctor of Minoru Mochizuki martial arts during his visit to France. Then, he introduced Aikido Aikido and judo different techniques for students in different areas of France. After this introduction, Tadashi Abe, who cane as the official Aikikai Honbu representative in 1952, remained in France for less than seven years and continued the pursuit.