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The Hidden Power of Aikido

Transcending Conflict and Cultivating Inner Peace

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Buch | Softcover
288 Seiten
2024
Park Street Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-64411-897-9 (ISBN)

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The Hidden Power of Aikido - Susan Perry
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Real-life applications of Aikido for self-transformation, conflict resolution, and joy.

In addition to the physical practice, the modern martial art of Aikido also offers profound principles for transforming interpersonal conflict into peaceful interaction.

Illuminating the inner philosophical and practical aspects of Aikido, forty-seven-year Aikido practitioner and 6th-degree blackbelt Susan Perry, Ph.D., uses personal stories of joy, achievement, and hardship to demonstrate real-life applications of the transformational principles of Aikido. She introduces what Aikido is and where it comes from, providing a brief biography of its founder, Morihei Ueshiba. She explains in detail how Aikido helped her resolve difficulties at work, as a student, and as a teacher/sensei. Through each story shared, the author offers a glimpse of the beginner’s mind in action, the key to changing even the violent energy of an attack into peaceful interaction.

Presenting Aikido’s step-by-step protocol for developing the receptiveness of the beginner’s mind, a state essential to personal transformation, Perry explains how distraction and timing can be used to deescalate potentially violent or dangerous situations. She discusses the founder’s philosophy of conflict, showing how Aikido can help peacefully resolve difficulties that arise with pushy, intimidating, and unpredictable people, those who are stubborn or don’t listen, insincere people who want something from you, and chaotic situations. She explains how a deepening practice of the martial art leads to an aiki state of inner peace, fusion, and boundless joy.

Revealing how Aikido can help you face your fears and develop your heart and soul, this book shows how this martial art helps you embrace change, cultivate a strong center, and ultimately live a joyful life of engagement with the world.

Susan Perry, Ph.D., has practiced Aikido for nearly 50 years. She holds a Rokudan (6th-degree black belt) in Aikido, a doctorate in philosophy, and a Godan (5th-degree black belt) in Japanese calligraphy. Best known for founding and publishing Aikido Today Magazine, she is now president of Aiko Institute. A former assistant professor in the California State University system, she lives in Claremont, California.

FOREWORD by John Stevens

FOREWORD by John R. Perry, Ph.D.

PREFACE Aikido, Lighting the Way

Acknowledgments

Introduction

ONE Aikido
Embracing Change

TWO O-Sensei
Unifying Two Opposing Worlds

THREE Beginner’s Mind
Discovering the Enemy Within

FOUR Centering
Finding My Warrior Nature

FIVE Awakening to Makoto
The Principle of Heartfelt Sincerity

SIX Honoring the Gems of the Past
Preparing the Path Forward

SEVEN The Practice of Purification (Misogi)
Slowing Down, Letting Go, and Opening Up

EIGHT The Way of Protection with Maai
Timing and the Power of Distraction

NINE The Sword of Truth
Cutting through the Darkness

TEN The Wizard’s Magic Spear
Calling Down the Light

ELEVEN An Ocean of Energy
The World as Vibrations

TWELVE Symbolic Jewels
The Hidden Aspects of Inner Cultivation

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Vorwort John Stevens, John Perry
Zusatzinfo 23 b&w illustrations
Verlagsort Rochester
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 465 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft Bewerbung / Karriere
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
ISBN-10 1-64411-897-1 / 1644118971
ISBN-13 978-1-64411-897-9 / 9781644118979
Zustand Neuware
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