The Spirit of Aikido

Long available in paperback The Spirit of Aikido will now be published in a hardcover edition with new photos and a preface by Moriteru Ueshiba the third and present Aikido Doshu (headmaster) and the authors son. Aikidoa modern Japanese martial art unique in its synthesis of classic forms with a well-defined spiritual base offers a key to the art of living naturally and unselfishly in a complicated world. This book explains it in reference to the founders philosophy of mind and action. In addition the history of aikidos prewar development as a noncompetitive new martial art is described in the context of its international role.