This 208-page technical volume is written by one of the greatest teachers of the postwar era, Shoji Nishio Sensei. This is Nishio Sensei’s first book and is presented in bilingual, Japanese-English format for an international readership. This beautiful volume contains hundreds of technical photos illustrating Nishio Sensei’s empty-handed techniques along with detailed explanations and commentary on their interrelationships with the ken and jo, and the deeper principles of aikido.
Yurusu Budo - Budo of Acceptance Basic Technique - Irimi-Issoku Irimi ??Facing your opponent correctly / Posture for yokomen and shomen / Irimi body-shifting using the sword and staff Striking knowledge ??Strikes commonly used in aikido /Basic elbow movements & striking applications /Examples of striking within a technique The sword of purification Aikido training systems introduced in this book
2. Techniques
Gyakuhanmi ?Kaitennage?Empty-handed technique / Technique while wielding a sword ?Katatedori nikyo?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff ?Zenpo shitakuzushi nikyo?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff ?Te o torasezu sankyo?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff ?Katatedori kotegaeshi?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff
Aihanmi katatedori ?Shihonage?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff ?Kotegaeshi?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff ?Sankyo?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff
Two sodedori techniques ?Kotegaeshi?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff ?Ryosodedori?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff
Katadori menuchi Shihonage?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff ?Nikyo?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff ?Sankyo?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff
Shomenuchi ?Sokumen iriminage?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff ?Shihonage (omote) ?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff Ikkyo (omote)?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff ?Nikyo (ura)?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff ?Sankyo (uraosae)?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff ?Shimewaza?Empty-handed technique
Yokomenuchi ?Iriminage?Empty-handed technique ?Shihonage?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff ?Gokyo?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff ?Nikyo?Empty-handed technique / Technique with two swords / Technique with sword & staff ?Kotegaeshi?Empty-handed technique