Recommendations for further reading

As my reading experience will continue, so will this list of recommendations for further reading still grow.
You may want to check back frequently.

If you would like to add some recommendations for further reading in the comments, you are most welcome to do so.

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Aikido and spirituality, Japanese religious influences in a martial art - Margaret Greenhalgh
Aikido and the harmony of nature - Mitsugi Saotome
Aikido and words of power - The sacred sounds of Kototama - William Gleason
Aikido, des paroles et des écrits du fondateur à la pratique - Gérard Blaize
Aikido: Expression of Yin and Yang in Motion - Henry Kono
Aikido Journal online
Aikido, Heart & Sword - André Nocquet
Aikido, living by design - Mitsugi Saotome, Susan Perry
Aikido masters Vol. 1, prewar students of Morihei Ueshiba - Stanley Pranin
Aikido Memoirs: One Irishman's Lifetime Search for the Answer to the Mystery of Morihei Ueshiba's Aikido - Alan Ruddock
Aikido Pioneers Prewar Era - Interviews conducted by Stanley Pranin
Aikido Pioneers Postwar Era - Interviews conducted by Stanley Pranin
Aikido Sangenkai - Christopher Li
Aikido, the Art of Transformation, the Life & Teachings of Robert Nadeau
Aikido, the co-ordination of mind and body for self-defense - Koichi Tohei
Aikido, the way of harmony - John Stevens
Aikido Today Magazine (printed journals)
Aiki-News, Aikido Journal (printed journals)
Aiki Shinzui - a collection of O-Sensei's words, collected and redacted by Aikikai Hombu Dojo
Aiki Web, Aiki Blogs
Aiki Web, Columns by Peter Goldsbury
A life in Aikido, the biography of founder Morihei Ueshiba - Kisshomaru Ueshiba
A light on transmission - Mitsugi Saotome
Autobiographie d'un moine Zen - Taisen Deshimaru

B
Bi Yan Lu Vol.1 - 3 - Wilhelm Gundert

C
Chinkon Kishin, mediated spirit possession in Japanese new religions - Birgit Staemmler
Celui qui unit ciel et terre - Masahisa Goi

D
Daito-Ryu AikiJujutsu - Stanley Pranin
Discovering Aiki, my 20 years with Yukiyoshi Sagawa Sensei - Tatsuo Kimura
Dueling with O-Sensei, grappling with the myth of the warrior sage - Ellis Amdur
Dewdrops on a lotus leaf, Zen poems of Ryokan - John Stevens

E
Ecole de la respiration Vol.1 - 9 - Itsuo Tsuda
Enlightenment through Aikido - Kanshu Sunadomari

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H
Heaven's wind - the life and teachings of Tempu Nakamura - Stephen Earle
Hidden In Plain Sight - Ellis Amdur
Hokyo Zanmai - Tozan, Taisen Deshimaru


I
Inochi, the book of life - Masahilo Nakazono
Inryoku, the attractive force - Interview with Gérard Blaize - Simone Chierchini
It's a lot like dancing... an Aikido journey - Terry Dobson


J
Journey to the heart of Aikido - The teachings of Motomichi Anno Sensei - Linda Holiday

K
Ki breathing - Koichi Tohei
Ki in daily life - Koichi Tohei
Kiatsu - Koichi Tohei
Kototama, the principle of one hundred deities of the kojiki - Koji Ogasawara

L
Le corps et le sabre selon Ueshiba Morihei - Les carnets de Takemusu Aikido - Bruno Travesi
L’education et l’art du sabre - Les carnets de Takemusu Aikido - Bruno Travesi
Le souffle de vie - Kozo Nishino

M
Maitre Morihei Ueshiba, presence & message - Andre Nocquet
My past way of budo - Masahilo Nakazono

N

O
One robe, one bowl - the Zen poetry of Ryokan - John Stevens
Order and spontaneity and the body - Haruchika Noguchi

P
Propos sur l’Aikido - une collection des propos de Michio Hikitsuchi - Annie Morel

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R
Remembering O-Sensei - Living and training with Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido - Susan Perry

S
Sacred Calligraphy of the east - John Stevens
Sandokai - Sekito Kisen, Taisen Deshimaru
Shinjinmei - Sosan, Taisen Deshimaru
Shobogenzo - Dogen Zenji
Shodoka - Yoka Daishi, Taisen Deshimaru


T
Takemusu Aiki Vol. 1 - 3 - Takahashi Hideo - Bruno Travesi
Takemusu Aiki - Takahashi Hideo
Tao te king - Laotse
The art of peace - John Stevens
The book of not knowing - the true nature of self, mind and consciousness - Peter Ralston
The essential teachings of Aikido - Video series Vol. 1 - 3 - Michio Hikitsuchi
The great Onisaburo Deguchi - Kyotaro Deguchi
The philosophy of Takemusu Aikido, the heart of Aikido - John Stevens
The philosophy of Aikido - John Stevens
The principles of Aikido - Mitsugi Saotome
The secret teachings of Aikido - John Stevens
The secrets of Aikido - John Stevens
The spirit of Aikido - Kisshomaru Ueshiba
The spiritual foundations of Aikido - William Gleason
The sword of no-sword, Life of the master warrior Yamaoka Tesshu - John Stevens
The true paths to meditation - Sawai Atsuhiro
The unfettered mind - Takuan Soho
This is Aikido - Koichi Tohei
Training with the master, lessons with Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido - John Stevens and Walter v. Krenner
Transparent power, a secret teaching revealed - The extraordinary martial artist Yukiyoshi Sagawa - Tatsuo Kimura
True Aiki - Allan Dean Beebe

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V
Various articles and interviews on Aikido, Kototama, Chinkon Kishin No Ho etc. - Gérard Blaize
Vibration and connection, the Aikido that I pursue - Seishiro Endo

W
What is Aikido? - Koichi Tohei

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Z
Za-Zen, la pratique du Zen - Taisen Deshimaru
Zen & Aiki ne font qu'un - André Nocquet
Zen et arts martiaux - Taisen Deshimaru
Zen Masters, a maverick, a master of masters, and a wandering poet - John Stevens

Page first published on 15.10.2023
Page last updated on 27.10.2024

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