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MARTIAL ARTS (part 1)
MARTIAL ARTS, various martial arts and self-defense systems of predominantly East Asian origin; developed mainly as a means of conducting hand-to-hand combat. Currently practiced in many countries around the world mainly in the form of sports exercises that aim at physical and spiritual improvement. Despite the fact that the martial arts initially pursued the goal of self-defense, some of them provide for the use of edged weapons. Continue reading
PREPARATION IN AIKIDO
The suit for aikido classes consists of a cotton jacket, pants and a belt. The color of the belt, just like in judo and karate, determines the level of aikido mastery. All masters above the first dan must additionally wear a traditional Japanese skirt-pants (hakama) in black. Unlike other types of wrestling, the atmosphere in the dojo, where Aikido practitioners train, is rather “soft” than “strict”. Continue reading
AIKIDO
AIKIDO, a type of Japanese martial art created from several jujitsu schools; literally – the path (“before”) harmony (“ah”) of vital energy (“ki”). Aikido differs from other martial arts in its pronounced defensive character. In this system of self-defense, the emphasis is on psychosomatic relaxation, which allows you to maintain internal balance and calm in critical situations and use the attacking power of the enemy against himself. Continue reading
