Tips for Effective Aikido

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Control yourself. Good aikido requires understanding and controlling your own mind and body. You cannot effectively control someone else until you control yourself. What you do to the other person matters less than what you do to yourself.

The above tips focus on controlling yourself. The following tips may help in dealing with another person.

Transcribed by Steven McAdam based on Rod Kobayashi's teachings

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