REINER BRAUHARDT – AIKIDO FROM A TO Z: TANTO/KNIFE | Digital Download

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Aikido is a Japanese martial art that is becoming more and more popular all over the world.
It was founded by Morihei Ueshiba in the early 20th century. Aikido includes elements of different Japanese martial arts, along with unarmed techniques, the use of sword and staff is a significant component of Aikido. Aikido is absolutely defensive and also a highly effective method of self-defense. In Aikido it is not about strength meeting strength. The Aikidoka uses the attacker’s energy to incapacitate him by applying throwing and leverage techniques. The attacker is effectively controlled without being harmed. Aikido trains the body and mind equally.

In this “Aikido from A to Z” educational film series, Grandmaster Reiner Brauhardt (8th Dan Aikido, Kyoshi) provides extensive training in all aspects of Aikido. Starting with the first steps, the viewer is taken through multivariate techniques with and without weapons.

Reiner Brauhardt is one of the most famous Aikido masters in Europe.
As a pioneer of Aikido in Germany, he started with this martial art over 40 years ago.
Since 1985 he has been a professional aikido instructor and runs an aikido school in Siegen.

This eighth video in the series “Aikido Basics Vol. 8” shows the main techniques with the Tanto, the wooden knife that is used to train self-defense techniques against knife attacks.
The techniques shown contain throws and locks, nage waza and katama waza, in different variations. They will be combined with the different forms of knife attacks. So everyone, beginners and experts alike, will have a good insight into efficient self-defense against knife attacks.
Meanwhile, basic Aikido principles like zanshin and ma-ai, awareness and correct distance will improve.