aikidō

A form of aikido — A Japanese martial art developed from jujitsu and making use of holds and throws.

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nounaikidō (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of aikido.

    It is the principle of nonresistance that distinguishes aikidō from other forms of budō.

    2013, Wolfgang Dietrich, translated by Wolfgang Sützl and Victoria Hindley, “Budō-aikidō”, in Elicitive Conflict Transformation and the Transrational Shift in Peace Politics (Many Peaces), Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, chapter 5 (Movement-oriented Approaches to Elicitive Conflict Transformation)
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    There are solo exercises in aikidō and some weapons kata (forms), but these do not constitute the bulk of training for aikidōka as they do for practitioners of other martial systems.

    2003, Michael L. Raposa, “The Way of Spiritual Harmony”, in Meditation & the Martial Arts (Studies in Religion and Culture), Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia Press, →ISBN, page 21

    Their martial arts were each seamless, expressing profound moral aims congruent with the highest aims of aikidō.

    2015, Ellis Amdur, “Atemi: Striking to the Heart of the Matter”, in Dueling with O-sensei: Grappling with the Myth of the Warrior Sage, revised and expanded edition, Wheaton, Ill.: Freelance Academy Press
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APA

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