aikido

Definitions

1. A Japanese martial art developed from jujitsu and making use of holds and throws.
   uncountable
2. A school of the martial art.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“There are solo exercises in aikidō and some weapons kata (forms), but these do not constitute the bulk of training for aikidōka as they do for practitioners of other martial systems.”

“It is the principle of nonresistance that distinguishes aikidō from other forms of budō.”

“Their martial arts were each seamless, expressing profound moral aims congruent with the highest aims of aikidō.”

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