Links and Resources

Aikido

Essential Reading

• The Secret Teachings of Aikido
• Budo: Teachings of the Founder of Aikido
• Journey to the Heart of Aikido
• Aikido Pioneers: Prewar Era
• Aikido: My Spiritual Journey by Gozo Shioda
• A Life in Aikido
• The Heart of Aikido, The Philosophy of Takemusu Aiki
• Takemusu Aikido, Volume 1

Aikido Videos

• Misogi DVD by John Stevens
• Misogi no Ken Video

Dan Papers:

• Yondan Essay – Low Impact Aikido & The Use and Exploration of ki – Paul Rest
• Yondan Essay – A Personal Alchemy of Aikido – Sasun Torikian
• Sandan Essay – Aikido and the Warrior Path – Ben Piper

Cheng Man Ching’s T’ai Chi

• T’ai Chi by professor Cheng Man-ch’ing
• Master Cheng’s new Method of T’ai chi Ch’uan Self Cultivation.
• Cheng Tzu’s Thirteen Treatises on T’ai Chi Ch’uan
• Cheng Man-ch’ing and T’ai Chi: Echoes in the Hall of Happiness