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The Aiki News Encyclopedia of Aikido [Paperback]

Stanley A. Pranin (Author)
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  • Paperback: 214 pages
  • Publisher: Aiki News; First edition (1991)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 4900586129
  • ISBN-13: 978-4900586123
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,941,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Scholarship, not gas, October 11, 2000
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Pranin has researched aikido as has no one else--American OR Japanese--and this book is a goldmine of information that's hard to get elsewhere. Whatever style of aikido you practice (and maybe jujutsu or the ken, too) this book will have information on it. A lot of the scuttlebut on the acrimony between the various teachers of harmony, too. Highly recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The most information in one place..., December 5, 2005
There is NOBODY with more knowledge of the history and minutae of Aikido than Stanley Pranin. The research to put this text together was staggering. The only drawback is that the book is not being updated in print form (although it now exists in an online version on the Aikido Journal dot com website).
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5.0 out of 5 stars If You Can Find It, Well Worth It!!!, February 9, 2003
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C. J. Hardman (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Author Stanley Pranin includes a huge variety of information in this encyclopedia on people in all different branches of Aikido and related arts, places of historical inretest, specific events, different styles of aikido and their founders, and styles related to Aikido. Unfortunately, this volume has been out of print for some time. Pranin does offer an updated CD-ROM version of the Encyclopedia through the online Aikido Journal (formerly Aiki News), but I myself prefer something I can physically handle and access without having to plug in!

Includes information about Ueshiba Morihei, Ueshiba Kisshomaru, Takeda Sokaku, Tohei Koichi, Saotome Mitsugi, Saito Morihiru, Tomiki, and many more. Japanese and non-Japanese instructors are covered, and Stanley Pranin has gone through the trouble of authenticating many of the anks held by prominent Aikido people. I hope someday we will see an updated version in print!

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