The Martial Art for defending

By: Chalisa (Belle) TabthipwatanaG.7

アイキドウ（ Aikido）合気道

Basic InformationAikido is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba.Aikido is often translated as "the Way of unifying with life energy” or as "the Way of harmonious spirit”.Ueshiba's goal was to create an art that practitioners could use to defend themselves while also protecting their attacker from injury.Aikido require very little of strength so it’s very popular amongst ladies.

Morihei UeshibaThe founder of Aikido

Weapons training in aikido traditionally includes the short staff (jō), wooden sword (bokken), and knife (tantō)Both weapon-taking and weapon-retention are sometimes taught, to integrate armed and unarmed aspects, although some schools of aikido do not train with weapons at all

Short staff

Wooden sword

knife

Weapons

Aikido practitioners generally progress by promotion through a series of "grades" (kyū), followed by a series of "degrees" (dan). Some aikido organizations use belts to distinguish practitioners' grades, often simply white and black belts to distinguish lower and higher grades, though some use various belt colorsrank Belt color type

Kyu キュ white Mudansha /yūkyūsha

Dan ダン black yūdansha

Uniforms and ranking