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Learning to breakfall safely is your first step on the long road to learning Aikido, Hapkido or any throwing martial art such as Judo or Jujitsu.

Finding the right martial arts class for your child is a serious decision. Here is how one dad made his selection; and now he looks like he’s getting hooked on martial arts as well!

Picking a martial arts school and getting started are big first steps in what is a whole new lifestyle for most people. Here’s what worked for me over the years.

Alan Ames when he was an Aikido teacher in Sydney Australia

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Are you looking for easy aikido moves to save you from taking a beating? If so, you’ll find this article useful.

Aikido has many ways of keeping a good man down on the ground where he cannot try to hurt you any more. If your opponent tries to get away, you can break his arm or leg easily.

Do you think you can defend yourself while sitting down or kneeling? That’s what this Samurai knee walking is all about.

Aikido exercises are divided into two categories, those for stretching and getting your heart pumping fast at the start, and routine movements designed to teach you the basic building block skills of this martial art.

Kata Aikido can be formal high-level routines, or they can be how Aikido beginners learn a technique step-by-step through near-perfect repetition.

Answers to a website visitor who asked about the Master/Student relationship in Aikido, and another who wanted to train martial arts for free.

There’s always a risk of injury when you play sport, and martial arts like Aikido also have their dangers. See here how we handle them.

You don’t need much aikido equipment to get started with this martial art, in fact it is quite affordable.

Aikido competition exists, but only in the Aikido style founded by Morihei Ueshiba’s first 8th-dan student, who was also a master of Judo.

The NSW Tomiki Aikido Club was formed as a breakaway group from the Australian Aikido Association’s Sydney group, which used to meet at Willoughby Park Center, near Chatswood north of Sydney.

John Gay, Shihan, was the head of the Australian Aikido Association and the representative of the JAA in Australia.

Unbendable Arm is an Aikido exercise used to demonstrate Ki. A volunteer is asked to bend the arm while the person demonstrating resists using arm strength.

Learning to back breakfall is the first step to building up your tumbling skills so you can fall or be thrown in any direction without warning, and come out of it uninjured and ready to continue.

How Long to Earn a Black Belt in Aikido

Kotegaeshi breakfalls are when you leap over your own arm while it is being twisted to prevent an arm break. But you sometimes have to accept a hard fall to make your escape.