Dynamic Aikido

I own several Aikido instructional and philosophical books and this book, I found, is the most helpful. It breaks down the fundamentals of the art with descriptive pictures and commentary. I thoroughly recommend this book to beginners and advanced Aikidoka.

Dynamic Aikido by Gozo Shioda Sensei is the first book on Aikido I ever bought. To date I have not seen any book so well written and thought out as an introduction to Aikido as a martial art. Many other books on the market concentrate on the spiritual or even meta-physcial aspects of Aikido and to be honest, should be stocked in the Theological or even fantasy / Sci-Fi sections of the book store. This book brings it all down to the ground, and shows step by step with amazing detail and accuracy all the basic techniques of Yoshinkan Aikido. Though no substitute for a real class, this book is the ultimate text book for the beginner Aikidoka.

I might be 14 years old, but I think this is a great book giving you the history of Aikido and many moves that you would use in the dojang, and in the streets for self-defense.I have been in Tae Kwon Do for a year now, but we still practice Aikido, so I know that all these methods of self-defense are great and work well. This book is for beginners,but it teaches you throws by moving his wrist a direction,and many locks by having his arm twisted while you sit on him.This book even has moves you can do while your on your knees.This book has 160 pges self-defense.Thank you for read this paraghraph about Dynamic AIKIDO by Gozo Shioda

This book has one of the best step-by-step illustrations. Very clear and informative.

First of all, this book is the reason why I started aikido. It's just great! The pictures are excellent, and the explanations are very clear. You can actually learn from them! I learned sankajo long before I ever joined aikido. Not that this book is a substitute for good quality instruction, it's a pretty basic book, but it's as clear as books get.