Basic Eight 6

The basic eight contain in them basic aikido techniques and principles. They were created by Koichi Tohei Sensei as vehicles to preserve his aikido and as a gauges to measure students' progress. The word basic does not connote easy, merely that the techniques and principles embedded in the techniques are part of the foundation of aikido.

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