What is Aikido?
Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art which has become very popular. There are many reasons for its popularity. In an increasingly violent society, learning a nonviolent martial art is appealing and empowering.
The fundamental principle of Aikido is to harmonize with forces around you in order to protect yourself and to control these forces without forcibly using brute strength to oppose them. Using Aikido techniques and proper timing, you learn to utilize an attacker's strength for one's own defense. You can control much larger forces (and people) than would otherwise be possible. In fact, the stronger the attacker and the attack, the easier and more powerful is the defense with Aikido. That's because Aikido relies on controlling the attacker instead of striking back, which is done in other martial arts.
Aikido has many benefits in addition to the obvious health benefits of regular exercise and effective self defense techniques. Aikido helps you to develop physical coordination and balance, and improves your senses of awareness and timing.
It is based on natural motions of the body and helps you to develop a calm mind and relaxed body. Aikido's emphasis on harmonizing and natural motion make it applicable to all aspects of your daily life.
Because of this, training a few hours each week can have a dramatic effect on your life as a whole. This makes Aikido particularly well suited for men and women of all ages.
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