Overview

""The Advanced Martial Arts"" series provides a complete and thorough guide for well-seasoned practitioners of the martial arts. All of the books in the series are meant to guide advanced students through new and complicated techniques, as well as explain the often subtle improvements one can make to their technique. These books allow students to gain a complete understanding of the art form as they progress in their training.

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""Illustrated with hundreds of black and white sketches rendered from photographs, this volume is important more than impressive. It summarizes in tips and frequent wrap-up statements what is essential to remember about aikido's philosophy, spiritual roots, inner development, techniques, and even self-defense scenarios, demonstrations, competitions, and seminars. The technical section (Pt. Three) is the strongest and most valuable.""--""Journal of Asian Martial Arts"" ""The book speaks to a segment of the training population that many other works do not, and is a lot of bang for the buck. I recommend it as a fixture in any library. Borrow it if you have to, but buy it if you can.""--""Aikido Journal""

Illustrated with hundreds of black and white sketches rendered from photographs, this volume is important more than impressive. It summarizes in tips and frequent wrap-up statements what is essential to remember about aikido's philosophy, spiritual roots, inner development, techniques, and even self-defense scenarios, demonstrations, competitions, and seminars. The technical section (Pt. Three) is the strongest and most valuable. -- Journal of Asian Martial Arts The book speaks to a segment of the training population that many other works do not, and is a lot of bang for the buck. I recommend it as a fixture in any library. Borrow it if you have to, but buy it if you can. -- Aikido Journal

Illustrated with hundreds of black and white sketches rendered from photographs, this volume is important more than impressive. It summarizes in tips and frequent wrap-up statements what is essential to remember about aikido's philosophy, spiritual roots, inner development, techniques, and even self-defense scenarios, demonstrations, competitions, and seminars. The technical section (Pt. Three) is the strongest and most valuable. -- Journal of Asian Martial Arts

The book speaks to a segment of the training population that many other works do not, and is a lot of bang for the buck. I recommend it as a fixture in any library. Borrow it if you have to, but buy it if you can. -- Aikido Journal Illustrated with hundreds of black and white sketches rendered from photographs, this volume is important more than impressive. It summarizes in tips and frequent wrap-up statements what is essential to remember about aikido's philosophy, spiritual roots, inner development, techniques, and even self-defense scenarios, demonstrations, competitions, and seminars. The technical section (Pt. Three) is the strongest and most valuable. -- Journal of Asian Martial Arts

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""Phong Thong Dang "" holds a sixth degree black belt in Aikido, a sixth degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a fifth degree black belt in Judo, and an eighth degree black belt in Vietnamese Shaolin Kung Fu. The World Martial Arts Hall of Fame inducted Phong twice: once for his expertise in Aikido and again for his lifelong dedication to the martial arts. He has been featured in ""Karate Illustrated, Aikido Journal, Aikido Today, Martial Arts and Combat Sports, "" and ""Black Belt."" He has practiced the martial arts for over fifty years and currently teaches in southern California. ""Lynn Seiser "" is an internationally respected psychotherapist, consultant and trainer. Seiser has over three decades of martial arts training and experience. He currently holds the rank of Sandan (third degree black belt) in Tenshinkai Aikido under Sensei Phong Thong Dang.

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