Aikido Books
Recommended reading about Aikido and Japanese martial arts and
culture.
Beginning Aikido
Greg O'Connor
The Aikido Student Handbook
Frank Doran
Aikido West Beginners' Handbook
Available
free online.
Westbrook and Ratti
Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere: An Illustrated
Introduction
Provo Library has a copy.
David Lowry
In the Dojo: A Guide to the Rituals and Etiquette of the Japanese Martial
Arts
Books By and About the Founder
Morihei Ueshiba O'Sensei
Budo Training in Aikido
Budo: Teachings of the Founder of Aikido
John Stevens
Abundant Peace
O'Sensei
video
Aikido Philosophy
Kisshomaru Ueshiba
The Spirit of Aikido
M. Saotome
Aikido and the Harmony of Nature
Aikido - Technical
Morihiro Saito
Takemusu Aikido (6 volumes)
Traditional
Aikido
This multiple volume set has been out of
print and very expensive if available at all. Volumes 1-3 have recently been republished by Aikido
Journal.
Aikido: Its Heart and
Appearance
Written to "help you grasp the roots of Aikido which creates an unlimited number of
techniques.” First printed in March 1975, the book has once again become available.
Shoji Nishio
Yurusu Budo: The
Irimi-Issoku Principle
Available with an accompanying set of 3 DVD's .
Westbrook and Ratti
Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere.
Kisshomaru Ueshiba
Aikido
Aikido DVDs
Aikido videos
Aikido - General
Nobuyoshi
Tamura
Aikido - Etiquette and Transmission
Available free online at www.aikidoonline.com Select: Archives--Nobuyushi Tamura--"Aikido - Etiquette and
Transmission" (9 chapters)
Tamura Sensei
video
Ellis Amdur
Dueling with O-sensei: Grappling with the Myth of the Warrior
Sage
Hidden in Plain Sight: Tracing the Roots of Ueshiba Morihei's
Power
Japanese Traditions:
History, Culture, and Martial Arts
The Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan series, 3 volumes, edited by Diane
Skoss.
Ellis
Amdur
Old School: Essays on Japanese Martial Traditions
Daisetz T. Suzuki
Zen and Japanese Culture
David Lowry
Autumn Lightning
The authors initiation as a young man into the Yagyu Shinkage Ryu.
In the Dojo: A Guide to the Rituals and Etiquette of the Japanese Martial
Arts
Daisetz T. Suzuki
Zen and Japanese Culture
H. E. Davey
Living the Japnaese Arts & Ways: 45 Paths to Meditation and
Beauty
A discussion of 45 principles of the Japanese arts. This book discusses principles
and mental states that"are universal to all Japanese Ways." (p. 11)
The author is Aiki-jujutsu 7th dan and also practices
shodo--Japanese brush writing. He has conducted seminars at Utah Aikikai in Salt Lake
City.
Zen
The Zen sect of Buddhism is closely associated with the Japanese arts
including Chado (the way of tea), Kenjutsu (Japanese swordsmanship), and Kyudo (Japanese archery.)
Zen is a discipline that can be practiced by people of any
religion.
Katsuki Sekida
Zen Training: Methods and Philosophy
The best how-to book on seated Zen meditation.
Takuan Soho
The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword
Master
Daisetz T. Suzuki
Zen and Japanese Culture
Related pages
Aikido DVD's
Self Defense Books and DVD's
Aikido Journal Catalog of
Books
Koryu.com Martial Arts Book List
Some Great Martial Art Books You Really Oughta Read, by Meik Skoss
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