Aikido Technique

Aikido (Japanese: 合 気 道, aikidō) is a martial art that has its roots in growth and culture from Japan. Aikido is a manifestation of the modernization of Japanese thinking with traditional Japanese cultural blankets. This made martial arts developed by Morihei Ueshiba around the 1800s (植 芝 盛 平 Ueshiba Morihei) to be in great demand among various circles in this modern age as a lifestyle. The root of aikido martial arts comes primarily from an ancient martial tradition that is hereditary only owned by a palace family, namely "Daito Ryu Aiki-Jujutsu (or ju-jutsu)".

In the old tradition "Jutsu" means an "art" or "art", so this old form has its own grip as a tradition with a certain motion order. "Daito" is a name that refers to the name of a palace, namely Daito. "Daito" is a palace belonging to the son of Emperor Seiwa named Minamoto Genji Yohimitsu. Yoshimitsu inherited this science by the sixth son Emperor Seiwa is Prince Teijun who is very fond of martial arts.

Morihei Ueshiba, commonly referred to as O-Sensei, studied the science of "Aiki" from this science heir teacher, "Sokaku Takeda". "Takeda" is a family name that is nothing but the other name of the "Minamoto" family. With such a great talent, Morihei Ueshiba has spread his disciples all over the world to introduce the beauty of this aikido martial arts science. Currently, aikido has grown to at least 93 countries in Asia, Europe, America, Australia and parts of Africa.

In contrast to martial arts in general, which prioritizes physical strength training and speed, Aikido is more based on training on self-mastery and technical perfection. The techniques used in Aikido are mostly elegant techniques, locks, throws that look the same as dings. In many aikido colleges, the techniques of punches and kicks in practice are rarely used or even eliminated. Actually the technique of kicking and kicking in aikido is not so narrowly known, so there is the term "atemi", as a way of using all possible possibilities in using the body to beat and kick (including using the forehead, elbow, knee and others ). However, for various reasons these atemi techniques tend to be abandoned or eliminated by many aikido colleges.

The uniqueness of aikido is its motion that almost never backs down in overcoming various types of attacks. The movement tends to coil rather than straight. In this concept of motion we will understand a lot of real philosophy aikido in the true sense. Many people interested in learning aikido started because of his interest in his philosophy is high enough. However, the unique lies precisely in the continuity of understanding between a practitioner and a philosopher. Thus, the advice of every aikido teacher to those who want to know aikido carefully is by "practice".

The philosophy underlying Aikido, the love and concept of ki, makes Aikido a unique martial art. In general Aikido can be classified as a martial art of lock and struggle (English: grappling).

Aikido does not recognize the competition system or matches, such as martial arts in general for the purpose of pemasyarakatannya. But the way in which aikido is used to popularize itself is by the embolic system or a kind of demonstration in the art of martial arts.

Until now Aikido also has many branches of "technique" (Japanese: waza, English: style) that also enrich techniques that do not abandon its basic techniques. more emphasis his techniques to speed in overcoming the opponent attack (nage).