Editor's Note vii
Acknowledgment ix

1. Introduction 1
2. Practicing Basic Technique: Training Mental Attitude and Vision 3
3. Musubi 9
4. Ukemi 23
5. The Sword and the Spirit of Ikkyo 26
6. Techniques from Shomenuchi 50
7. Techniques from Yokomenuchi 78
8. Techniques from Katadori 125
9. Techniques from Munetsuki 137
10. Techniques from Katatedori 153
11. Techniques from Ryotemochi 162
12. Techniques from Kosadori and Ushirowaza 170
13. Advanced Techniques 181
14. Budo: The Original Principle of Aikido 191
15. The Meaning of Study 197
16. Aikido as Explained by the Founder and Doshu 200
17. Mirror of the Spirit: The Aikido Dojo 204
18. Lectures by O Sensei 207
19. The Hakama and Its Meaning 211
20. Beginning the Journey toward Awakened Consciousness 213
21. Aikido: Finding Its Future in Its Past 216

Glossary 221
About the Author 225