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Ki exercises. There is a lot of discussion about ki, as though it is some kind of mysterious force. But actually, everyone has experienced ki in their life. And we can all learn to increase our ki power. Ki can be thought of as positive thinking, belief in yourself, faith, confidence, or a state of mind/body unification. You have used ki quite naturally many times in your life, at those moments when something totally captured your interest and imagination. It may have been while you were playing a sport, working late into the morning on a project that was important to you, playing with your child, or simply spending time with someone you love. In each case, you were totally focused and completely yourself.

You were achieving a wonderful effect, but seemed to have a limitless supply of energy. So that's what Ki exercises can do for you. Here is how we think you can use this Ki Exercise section best. Go through the exercises in order. Aikido World Journal - Aikido Technical Tips-Training and Stretching Exercises. Senshin Center - A Place for Traditional Martial Arts in Santa Barbara: Aikido Perspectives. Makoto Aikido Online Teaching. AIKIDO - The Peaceful Martial Art. The Peaceful Martial Art The video above is from 2007, at my present dojo Enighet in Malmö, Sweden. The photo to the right is from 1974, with an adolescent me as uke to Ichimura sensei, my aikido teacher at that time. Now, I have practiced aikido for 40 years. How many hobbies will last for that long, and remain fascinating? Not so with aikido, the gentle martial art from Japan.

Of course aikido is an art. Apart from this website I have written some books about aikido and such: Aikido Principles Attacks in Aikido Aikibatto: Sword Exercises for Aikido Students Qi: Increase your Life Energy Stefan Stenudd Contents Aikido Basics Tables of all the aikido techniques and attacks, and their combinations. Aikido Glossary A dictionary of aikido terms and their meanings. Ikkyo Complete Texts and video clips on ikkyo against several different attacks. Attacks in Aikido Kogeki, the attack techniques in aikido. Aikido Video Clips Several aikido video clips - both from seminars and from instructional record­ings.

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