Holiday Linda. Journey to the Heart of Aikido - The Teachings of Motomichi Anno Sensei free

Blue Snake Books ., — 2013 .— 376 p . — ISBN: 978-1-58394-659-6 Journey to the Heart of Aikido presents the teachings of Motomichi Anno Sensei , one of the few remaining direct students of Morihei Ueshiba , the legendary founder of Aikido . After a lifetime of practice and teaching in Japan , the United States , and Europe Anno Sensei conveys through his teachings Aikido's essential spirit of love, harmony , gratitude , and purification with simple authenticity and eloquence . Author and translator Linda Holiday -- herself a senior instructor of Aikido -- brings to life the intimacy of this communication through translated discourses on the deep practice of Aikido and candid dialogues between Anno sensei and Western students.