AIKI TAISO – Aikido Practice Conditioning Exercises

Sensei Guillermo Gomez demonstrates the 5 basic Aiki Taiso exercises or aikido conditioning drills required for beginners at United States Aikikai. This basic aikido drills will develop coordination, agility, balance, flexibility, range of motion, strength and endurance, all needed skills for martial arts practice.

1. Shizentai Ushiro Ukemi
2. Ushiro Ukemi Mawashi
3. Tai Sabaki / Irimi Tenkan
4. Ushiro Ukemi Irimi Mae Ayumi Ashi
5. Mae Ukemi Kaiten

Aikido has been referred to as “Dynamic Zen” because of it’s meditative and philosophical qualities. It fosters self-awareness that can eventually lead you toward spiritual enlightenment. The essence of all Aikido techniques is spherical motion around a stable energized center, where practitioners learn how to blend with the motion of attacks from one or multiple opponents, redirecting the attacker’s energy into a point of non-resistance, controlling aggression without inflicting injury.

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