Books

 

There are books available from libraries or can be ordered for bookshops

Title Author ISBN

Aikido

Kisshomaru Ueshiba

0-87040-268-4)
0-87040-629-9)

Traditional Aikido Vols. 1 -5

Morihiro Saito

0-87040-629-9

Aikido - Its Heart & Appearance

Morihiro Saito

0-8740-345-1

The Principles of Aikido

Mitsugi Saotome

0-87773-409-7

Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere

Westbrook and Ratti

0-8048-0004-9

Aikido - Traditional Art & Modern Sport

Bagot

1-85223-715-3

Children and the Martial Arts

Gaku Homma

1-55643-139-2

Takemusu Aikido Vol. 1

Morihiro Saito

4-900586-16-1

Takemusu Aikido Vol. 2

Morihiro Saito

4-900586-20-x

Takemusu Aikido Vol. 3

Morihiro Saito

4-900586-21-8

Living Aikido

Bruce Klickstein

0-938190-85-7

Ki in Daily Life

Koichi Tohei

0-87040-436-9

Best Aikido: The Fundamentals

Kisshomaru Ueshiba & Moriteru Ueshiba

4770027621

The Aikido Master Course: Best Aikido 2

Moriteru Ueshiba

477002763X


These books cover the traditional main style of Aikido. Videos are available but tend to be hard to find unless you know where to look. Far better to start learning.

Other books more based on theory and principles

Title & Comment Author ISBN

The Randori Principles
[Management techniques based on aikido]

D Baum & J Hassinger

0-7931-4862-6

It's a lot like dancing... an aikido journey
[One man's thoughts / observations etc easy book to dip in and out of]

Dobson

1-883319-02-1