Journey to the Heart of Aikido: The Teachings of Motomichi Anno Book by Linda Holiday Yoshinobu Yoshida Throwing training

Throwing training

throwing forward without stepping in

this expression resonates deeply in the world of martial arts

hand to hand or with a usual object (use of an umbrella as surprising as radical)

and have become instructors

Journey to the Heart of Aikido: The Teachings of Motomichi Anno Book by Linda Holiday Yoshinobu Yoshida Throwing trainingJourney to the Heart of Aikido presents the teachings of Motomichi Anno Sensei, one of the few remaining direct students of Morihei Ueshiba, the legendary founder of Aikido. After a lifetime of practice and teaching in Japan, the United States, and Europe, Anno Sensei conveys through his teachings Aikido's essential spirit of love, harmony, gratitude, and purification with simple authenticity and eloquence. Author and translator Linda Holiday herself