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Defending Yourself: Aikido

Everyone has the power of life or death in one’s hands. It is the decision of the individual to slow down when pedestrians are crossing or whether to pull the trigger when going on a duck hunt.
Unfortunately, there are certain elements in society who will cause harm in order to get money instead of [...]

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What Do Aikido and Sales Have in Common?

What’s your first instinct? Most of us will do one of two things. We’ll either try to step away, or we’ll raise our arms to deflect him and fight back, which can result in harm to you or to your attacker.
But if you were trained in Aikido, the Japanese martial art that focuses on diverting [...]

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Fundamental Aikido Moves

It only takes a split second whether someone comes out as a victor or a loser in combat. The person can try to remember it later on to see what errors were made in order to become a better fighter in the future.
Such things also happen in competition which is why it is best for [...]

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The Secrets of Aikido

When an attacker is approaching, the person only has a split second to decide whether to dodge or block the move of the opponent. There is no point thinking about what this happened in the first place but the concern now is just to stop it.
In a fight, the person can make a counter attack [...]

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Aikido Versus Judo: Which is Better?

Many aspiring martial arts students underestimate the number of styles that exist. Most people tend to think of karate, kung fu, and to a lesser extent, hapkido and Taekwondo. In truth, there are hundreds of systems, though only a small portion are taught in dojos. Two other common techniques are aikido and judo. Both originated [...]

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