BOOKS:

-- by Koichi Tohei Sensei:

  • Aikido in Daily Life /by Koichi Tohei (June 1950)

  • What Is Aikido /by Koichi Tohei (January 1974)

  • Book of Ki: Co-Ordinating Mind and Body in Daily Life /by Koichi Tohei (Paperback November 1976) Ki in Daily Life

  • This Is Aikido, With Mind and Body Coordinated /by Koichi Tohei (May 1978)

  • Ki in Daily Life /by Koichi Tohei (Paperback 1978, new edition July 2001)

  • Kiatsu /by Koichi Tohei, Sabi Shinojima (Paperback June 1983, new edition September 2002)

  • Aikido With Ki /by Koretoshi Maruyama and Koichi Tohei (June 1984)

  • ***** and the very rare, expensive but extraordinary beautiful book of Tohei Sensei: The Way To Union With Ki (September 2001)

  • Ki Breathing /by Koichi Tohei Sensei (March 2005) in Japanese; now translated and posted by Shinichi Tohei: Shinichi Tohei's Ki Weblog !

-- about Ki-Aikido:

-- by Willam Reed, who translated most of Koichi Tohei's books into english:

  • Ki : A Practical Guide for Westerners /by William Reed, Koichi Tohei (Designer) (July 1986)
  • A Road That Anyone Can Walk: Ki / by William Reed (June 1992)

-- by Carol M. Shifflett, a physiotherapist; two books full of Ki exercises you can practise at home alone:

  • Ki in Aikido: A Sampler of Ki Exercises /by C. M. Shifflett (Paperback - May 1998)
  • Aikido Exercises for Teaching and Training /by C. M. Shifflett, George Simcox (Paperback - January 2000)
-- by Christopher Curtis: Ki-Aikido on Maui -- an excellent compendium of Ki-Aikido and Ki-Training!  (order at http://hawaiikiaikido.org/flash.html >Products)

-- by O'Sensei and other teachers, about Aikido in general:

  • The Art of Peace: Teachings of the Founder of Aikido (Shambhala Pocket Classics) / by Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (Editor) (Paperback, new ed. December 1992) -- O'Sensei's philosophy of Aikido and Life
  • The Spirit of Aikido / by Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Taitetsu Unno (Translator) (Paperback - March 1988) -- the late doshu's biography of his father
  • The Spiritual Foundations of Aikido / by William Gleason (1995)

-- Some more Aikido book suggestions, pleasant to read and quite applicable:

  • Aikido in Everyday Life: Giving in to Get Your Way / by Terry Dobson and Victor Miller (1978, 1993)
  • Mastery: The keys to success and long-term fulfillment / by George Leonard (1991)
  • The Magic of Conflict: Turning a Life of Work into a Work of Art / by Thomas F. Crum, John Denver (Designer) (1988)
  • It's a lot like dancing... / by Terry Dobson and Riki Moss (1993)

Some of the older editions are out of print. You might search the catalog in your public library or try to get them used at Amazon or Half.Com.

 

  
   
   
   
     

 

 

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