- Paperback: 154 pages
- Publisher: Trafford Publishing (15 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1412046688
- ISBN-13: 978-1412046688
- Product Dimensions: 26.9 x 20.6 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 710,571 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Featuring two of the most senior instructors in Britain and one of their American students as Authors, Positive Aikido has it all. If you're a martial art enthusiast or practitioner, this is one book you have got to have in your library.
About the Author
Henry Ellis was born May 3, 1936 in a tough coal mining area near Rotherham South Yorkshire, United Kingdom. His childhood was hard and deprived as were most kids in those war torn years. His father, a hardened coal miner, handed down to Henry the str
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
There are much better books on the subject,
This review is from: Positive Aikido: A True Story of Traditional Teachings (Paperback)
This isn't a great book. It's amateurishly typeset, badly edited and the diagrams are difficult to follow. It also spends a lot of time disclaiming any metaphysical content to Aikido and justifying this by saying no-one can know what O'Sensei really meant when talking about his methods. Unusally though, even the briefest analysis of the life and writings of Morihei Ueshiba suggests that he was a deeply spiritual man, and his art ultimately was intended to operate in support of that framework. Try 'Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere' instead. More considered, professionally authored and less dripping in machismo.
Supplementary note: I first met Henry Ellis in the early 90s. He was teaching his class a thrust kick, intended for delivery to the side of the knee. I will never forget what he said this would achieve; "Every time he limps he'll think of you" Ellis went on to talk proudly about how many people he had maimed in his life. There are even a couple of similar stories in this book - including one about breaking a man's wrist to stop him humming. Ellis has had a long and distinguished career in martial arts, but to this day, I'm convinced he neither practises nor preaches the Aikido of Morihei Ueshiba.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Visit the past to know the new,
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This review is from: Positive Aikido: A True Story of Traditional Teachings (Paperback)
Aikido in the United Kingdom has a very colourful past. Positive Aikido is the first publication to move to the forefront and give an insight to the humble beginnings for what we see today. Although most people in the UK know that Kenshiro Abbe Sensei arrived in 1955, most other facts are normally passed on verbally. This book is the first to preserve the facts and events. Positive Aikido took the authors nearly 15 years to finally get on the bookshelf. The idea initially was to produce literature to give to new students who were interested in practicing Aikido. As the amount of information began to increase, the idea of collating a book was conceived. This book is littered with old historic pictures and first hand experience of what the Aikido practitioners had to go through in the early years. It is wise to point out; this is no ordinary Aikido publication. Abbe Sensei learned Aikido from O'Sensei during the transition stage from pre to post war. This is the style of Aikido introduced to the UK. Sensei Ellis, who is one of the co-authors of this book, still practises the true way of Aikido. This is reflected in the books contents. This book in my opinion is unique in the way the content is portrayed. The subject matter is offered in a simple and straightforward way. If the reader is looking for a more spiritual or deeper meaning of Aikido, this will not be found in this edition. Sensei Rogers is pictured in the middle section, on a majority of the Aikido technical section. Contributions from Sensei's Ellis and Eastman's vast Aikido careers fill the book with interesting accounts of events, visiting Japanese Sensei, and the early attempts to spread Aikido to the British public. A must read for anyone who is interested in Aikido history, and early development of British Aikido.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Aikido Book,
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This review is from: Positive Aikido: A True Story of Traditional Teachings (Paperback)
As a beginner starting out in Aikido I bought quite a few aikido books that were mostly filled with photo's of techniques rather than what I wanted which was a description of someone's experiences of aikido. This book provides both descriptions of technique and more importantly to me the accounts of 2 aikidoka who have both been practising for 40+ years and who studied under one of O'Sensei's most famous students, the legendary Kenshiro Abbe. If you want a book which will give you a taste of what it is like to study aikido for a lifetime and encourage you to do the same I would recommend this book to you. This book will be of particular interest to anyone interested in the history of British aikido as Kenshiro Abbe was the first person to teach aikido in the UK.
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