The Art of Aikido

Martial Arts is one of the contributions of Asia in the world. Who can forget Bruce Lee and the fact that he was primarily a martial arts athlete before being a movie star? Even until now martial arts is always a big hit with the growing popularity of Asian films such as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and more recently, the House of Flying Daggers.

The Chinese are the first that come to mind when it comes to these things, but the Japanese are just as athletic with a rich heritage of contact sport that can be found in its history. The modern Japan still gives honor to these things by holding tournaments and promoting sport and abroad,

One of these is Aikido. It is interesting to note that the word comes from three Japanese words from which you can make sense of the word. Means to enter Ki means spirit and Do means way. From this we can understand why Aikido is a physical capacity of students in particular, is a sin of his supporters Ueshiba focused more on spiritual and philosophical development of its students.

Aikido is not taught as one of violence and no one has been taught to be consistent with the opponent can not win. This may sound strange, but it really works. To approach the opponent's goal of Aikido is to be a doctor can attack your opponent where he is weaker and, therefore, a diver or to stop him but not kill.

Here Aikido becomes art. Art is something beautiful to see and something positive and Aikido is all. At least one of the persons involved in the clashes search for harmony and harmony can be achieved only if there is grace in motion. Moves can be calculated, but not without finesse to make these movements, but not female finesse finesse that emanates peace. Art of peace what they call Aikido is one of the benefits of Aikido and its students to all those who want to learn about this Japanese martial art.

Some of the techniques of Aikido are the following. Ikkyo is the first technique. With this technique you control an opponent by means of a hand in keeping the elbow and one near the wrist, this action could cause you to pin your opponent into the ground. Nikyo the second technique is when you do a wrist lock supply allows you to twist the arm of your opponent, which in turn cause enough nerve pressure.

The third technique is Sankyo that pronation is a technique that directs upward pressure on the spiral arm, elbow and shoulder. There are many other techniques, but the first three should begin.

In studying Aikido, it is important to remember that with the construction of the physical strength to defeat your opponent the mental capacity should also be developed. As in any art, it takes a lot of practice and discipline of the perfect art Aikido. Especially those who want to engage in art must be willing to give honor to the art by implementing the best possible way.