Takemusu Aikido Book 2: More Basics by Morihiro Saito (Preowned)

This work, "Takemusu Aikido, Volume 2: More Basics," is the second of Morhiro Saito’s new comprehensive series of Aikido technical manuals. Saito Sensei, 9th dan, and one of Aikido’s leading experts, presents more than sixty variations of ikkyo, nikyo, sankyo, and yonkyo techniques, the most essential of the art’s basic forms. Illustrated with over 600 photographs and accompanied by clear and detailed step-by-step explanations, "More Basics" provides an indispensable guide for both beginning and advanced practitioners.  Shihonage (32 techniques) Kotegaeshi (21 techniques) Iriminage (24 techniques) Morihiro Saito, is the author of the highly acclaimed technical series, "Traditional Aikido," published in the early 1970s. Saito enrolled as a student of Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba in 1946. One of the art’s foremost technicians, he was the acknowledged authority on aikido weapons training. Saito operated Ueshiba’s private dojo in Iwama, Japan and served as guardian of the Aiki Shrine f