| Aikido's circular movements can be employed in order | | | | redirect the same force to the aggressor. One other |
| to redirect the attacks of an aggressor back to that | | | | secret is that Aikido has top do with the wrists. You |
| person. The techniques in Aikido are solely defensive. | | | | should have the skill to be able to put your hand over |
| A person only has a split second to decide to dodge | | | | the opponents own in order to make your technique |
| or block the move of an attacker .The point is not to | | | | perform and in order to counter the attack of your |
| think of how it happens but to be able to stop it. | | | | adversary. |
| During the fight a person can make a counter attack | | | | Energy is required in order to perform certain moves. |
| and hope that the aggressor will be subdued. Another | | | | Certain exercises in breathing will increase your heart |
| way that you can achieve your aims of self | | | | rate and still reduce it especially during action. A |
| preservation without the use of force is by the use | | | | student should also take the time out to understand |
| of Aikido. | | | | that breathing exercises are a unifying force |
| Aikido is a martial art which relies on the use of the | | | | between both the physical and emotional aspects of |
| hands to block any moves that an opponent makes. | | | | an individual. |
| People who wish to learn Aikido may not be able to | | | | Other than these secrets the most important of |
| move as quickly as experts such as Steven Siegal | | | | them all is to employ consistency in whatever |
| but they are a whole lot more effective during | | | | technique that you practice. Arms may feel heavy |
| combat. You can't learn Aikido just by watching other | | | | after an amount of time or after being drained with |
| people on TV. People may choose to learn it from a | | | | some little moves. If you're able to overcome these |
| book or magazine but the best thing is usually to | | | | difficulties and do the same thing over and again you |
| learn the art of Aikido from a Sensei. | | | | can easily become a true martial artist. |
| Before you become a master you must first of all be | | | | If you want to assess your performance you can |
| a student. What this means is that you should focus | | | | easily sign up for the Tomiki Aikido. This is essentially |
| on learning the basic moves in the dojo until you | | | | an inter-club competition which allows you to |
| have completed the class. A person might initially feel | | | | compete against some of the best Aikido experts in |
| some pain from falling a few times but it isn't | | | | the country. If you do well here you can easily |
| excruciating and it is all part of the learning process | | | | proceed to the next level as in other martial arts |
| and it is required for advancement. | | | | where one person proceeds from one grade to |
| In Aikido timing is everything, a certain amount of | | | | another. After successfully gaining all the required |
| hand to eye coordination is required as with all other | | | | secrets after years of training, a student can then |
| sports but in Aikido the primary emphasis is to | | | | become a master and even open their own dojo. |