Aikido

Throwing and Takedown Styles

martial arts that begin from a standing position and then use takedowns and throws to put the opponent on the ground.

Throw

a grappling movement that involves knocking your opponent down from a standing position

takedown

a fighting technique that involves grappling the opponent from a standing position and knocking him to the ground

Aikido, Hapkido, Judo, Shuai Jiao

what are the takedowns and throws in martial arts

1920s

when was Aikido founded

Morihei Ueshiba (1883\~1969)

* founded Aikido
* expert who reached the highest level of mastery in the classical Japanese Martial Arts

Aikido

a highly effective distillation of centuries of Japanese martial knowledge. It is one of the most popular budo, or martial arts, in the world

Aikido, Japanese aikidō

(“way of harmonizing energy”), martial art and self-defense system that resembles the fighting methods jujitsu and judo in its use of twisting and throwing techniques and in its aim of turning an attacker ' s strength and momentum against himself

harmony

“ai”

spirit, mind, or universal energy

“ki”

the way

“do”

bokken

wood training sword

jo

staff, about four feet long

tanto

dagger. is used primarily for learning to defend against knife attacks.