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51. 05:41, 2 March 2007 ‎TachiWaza (hist) ‎[71 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Tachi Waza:　立ち技 = Standing techniques.)
52. 05:38, 2 March 2007 ‎Tachidori (hist) ‎[4,532 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Tachidori: 太刀取り = The practice of taking away an attacker's bokken/bokuto while empty-handed.)
53. 05:38, 2 March 2007 ‎Tachi (hist) ‎[194 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Tachi:　太刀 = A type of Japanese sword (thus tachi-tori = sword-taking). (Also "standing position" (立ち)).)
54. 05:38, 2 March 2007 ‎SuwariWaza (hist) ‎[593 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Suwari Waza:　座り技 = Techniques executed with both uke and nage in a seated position. These techniques have their historical origin (in part) in the ...)
55. 05:37, 2 March 2007 ‎Sutemi (hist) ‎[833 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Sutemi:　捨て身 = Literally "to throw-away the body." The attitude of abandoning oneself to the execution of a technique (in judo, a class of techniques where ...)
56. 05:37, 2 March 2007 ‎Suki (hist) ‎[471 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Suki:　空き = An opening or gap where one is vulnerable to attack or application of a technique, or where one's technique is otherwise flawed. suki may be either phy...)
57. 05:37, 2 March 2007 ‎SukashiWaza (hist) ‎[418 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Sukashi Waza:　透かし技 = Techniques performed without allowing the attacker to complete a grab or to initiate a strike. Ideally, one should be sensitive...)
58. 05:37, 2 March 2007 ‎Suburito (hist) ‎[356 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Suburito:　素振り刀 = A heavy (and sometimes longer) bokken/bokuto that is used to develop greater control and form for one's weapons training...)
59. 05:37, 2 March 2007 ‎Suburi (hist) ‎[307 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Suburi:　素振り = Repetitive practice in striking and thrusting with jo or bokken/bokuto. Such repetitive practice trains not only one's facilit...)
60. 05:37, 2 March 2007 ‎Soto (hist) ‎[141 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Soto:　外 = "Outside." Thus, a class of aikido movements executed, especially, outside the attacker's arm(s). (see uchi))
61. 05:37, 2 March 2007 ‎Shugyo (hist) ‎[484 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Shugyo:　修行 = Discipline. Traveling in pursuit of Truth. To pursue aikido, or any martial art, as a path to self-improvement involves more than training. The word ...)
62. 05:37, 2 March 2007 ‎Shoshin (hist) ‎[1,152 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Shoshin:　初心 = Beginner's mind. Progress in aikido training requires that one approach one's training with a mind that is free from unfounded bias. Although we can...)
63. 05:37, 2 March 2007 ‎Shomen (hist) ‎[101 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Shomen:　正面 = Front or top of head. Also the designated front of a DOJO.)
64. 05:37, 2 March 2007 ‎Shodan (hist) ‎[82 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Shodan:　初段 = Lit: "First Step." First degree black belt.)
65. 05:37, 2 March 2007 ‎Shinto (hist) ‎[224 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Shinto:　神道 = "The way of the gods." The indigenous religion of Japan. The founder of aikido was deeply influenced by OMOTOKYO, a religion largely grounded in ...)
66. 05:36, 2 March 2007 ‎Shinnyo (hist) ‎[575 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Shin Nyo:　真如 = "Thusness" or "suchness." A term commonly used in Buddhist philosophy (and especially in Zen Buddhism) to denote the character of things as they ar...)
67. 05:36, 2 March 2007 ‎Shinkenshobu (hist) ‎[466 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Shinken Shobu:　真剣勝負 = Lit. "Duel with live swords." This expresses the attitude one should have about aikido training, i.e., one should treat the pr...)
68. 05:36, 2 March 2007 ‎Shikko (hist) ‎[210 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Shikko: 膝行 = Knee walking ("samurai walking"). Shikko is very important for developing a strong awareness of one's center of mass (HARA). It also develops strength i...)
69. 05:36, 2 March 2007 ‎Shikaku (hist) ‎[315 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Shikaku:　死角 = Literally "dead angle." A position relative to one's partner where it is difficult for him/her to (continue to) attack, and from which it is relativ...)
70. 05:36, 2 March 2007 ‎Shihan (hist) ‎[376 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Shihan:　師範 = A formal title meaning, approximately, "master instructor." A "teacher of teachers." AikiWeb Article: http://www.aikiweb.com/language/goldsbury1.html...)
71. 05:36, 2 March 2007 ‎Shidoin (hist) ‎[100 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Shidoin:　指導員 = A formal title meaning, approximately, "instructor.")
72. 05:35, 2 March 2007 ‎Setsuzoku (hist) ‎[637 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Setsuzoku:　接続 = Connection. Aikido techniques are generally rendered more efficient by preserving a connection between one's center of mass (HARA) and the out...)
73. 05:35, 2 March 2007 ‎SetsuNinTo (hist) ‎[87 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Setsu Nin To:　殺人刀 = See: Satsu Jin Ken)
74. 05:35, 2 March 2007 ‎Sempai (hist) ‎[84 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Sempai:　先輩 = A student senior to oneself.)
75. 05:35, 2 March 2007 ‎Seiza (hist) ‎[192 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Seiza:　正座 = Sitting on one's knees. Sitting this way requires acclimatization, but provides both a stable base and greater ease of movement than sitting cross-leg...)
76. 05:35, 2 March 2007 ‎Sensei (hist) ‎[376 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Sensei:　先生 = Teacher. It is usually considered proper to address the instructor during practice as "Sensei" rather than by his/her name. If the instructor is a pe...)
77. 05:35, 2 March 2007 ‎SatsuJinKen (hist) ‎[748 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Satsu Jin Ken:　殺人剣 = "The sword that kills." Although this would seem to indicate a purely negative concept, there is, in fact, a positive connotation to t...)
78. 05:35, 2 March 2007 ‎Satori (hist) ‎[653 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Satori:　悟り = Enlightenment. In Buddhism, enlightenment is characterized by a direct realization or apprehension of the absence of unchanging essences behind pheno...)
79. 05:35, 2 March 2007 ‎Reigi (hist) ‎[353 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Reigi:　礼儀 = Ettiquette. Observance of proper ettiquette at all times (but especially observance of proper DOJO ettiquette) is as much a part of one's training as ...)
80. 05:35, 2 March 2007 ‎Randori (hist) ‎[408 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Randori:　乱取り = Free-style "all-out" training. Sometimes used as a synonym for JIYU WAZA. Although aikido techniques are usually practiced with a single...)
81. 05:34, 2 March 2007 ‎O-sensei (hist) ‎[173 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = O-Sensei: 翁先生、大先生 = Literally, "Great Teacher," i.e., Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of aikido. 翁 means "revered.")
82. 05:34, 2 March 2007 ‎Osaewaza (hist) ‎[77 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Osae Waza:　押さえ技 = Pinning techniques.)
83. 05:34, 2 March 2007 ‎OnegaiShimasu (hist) ‎[410 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Onegai Shimasu:　お願いします = "I welcome you to train with me," or literally, "I make a request." This is said to one's partner when initia...)
84. 05:33, 2 March 2007 ‎Omotokyo (hist) ‎[454 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Omoto Kyo:　大本教 = One of the so-called "new-religions" of Japan. OMOTOKYO is a syncretic amalgam of Shintoism, Neo-Shinto mysticism, Christianity, and Japan...)
85. 05:33, 2 March 2007 ‎Omote (hist) ‎[282 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Omote:　表 = "The front," thus, a class of movements in aikido in which NAGE moves in front of UKE. Does not necessarily imply IRIMI as OMOTE describes the rel...)
86. 05:33, 2 March 2007 ‎Obi (hist) ‎[35 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Obi:　帯 = A belt.)
87. 05:33, 2 March 2007 ‎Nage (hist) ‎[81 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Nage:　投げ = A throw; the person executing the technique.)
88. 05:33, 2 March 2007 ‎Nagare (hist) ‎[227 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Nagare:　流れ = Flowing. One goal of aikido practice is to learn not to oppose physical force with physical force. Rather, one strives to flow along with physical fo...)
89. 05:33, 2 March 2007 ‎Musubi (hist) ‎[1,019 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Musubi:　結び = "Tying up" or "uniting". One of the strategic objectives in applying aikido techniques in to merge with (= musubi) and redirect the aggressive impuls...)
90. 05:33, 2 March 2007 ‎Mushin (hist) ‎[508 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Mushin:　無心 = Literally "no mind". A state of cognitive awareness characterized by the absence of discursive thought. A state of mind in which the mind acts/reacts...)
91. 05:32, 2 March 2007 ‎Mudansha (hist) ‎[85 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Mudansha:　無段者 = Students without black-belt ranking.)
92. 05:32, 2 March 2007 ‎Mokuso (hist) ‎[798 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Mokuso:　黙想 = Meditation. Practice often begins or ends with a brief period of meditation. The purpose of meditation is to clear one's mind and to develop cognitiv...)
93. 05:32, 2 March 2007 ‎Misogi (hist) ‎[488 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Misogi:　禊 = Ritual purification. Aikido training may be looked upon as a means of purifying oneself; eliminating defiling characteristics from one's mind or personality....)
94. 05:32, 2 March 2007 ‎Migi (hist) ‎[67 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Migi:　右 = Right (as opposed to left).)
95. 05:32, 2 March 2007 ‎Michibiki (hist) ‎[814 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Michibiki:　導き = An aspect of aikido movement that involves leading, rather than pushing or pulling, one's partner. As with many other concepts in aikido, there ar...)
96. 05:32, 2 March 2007 ‎Masakatsu (hist) ‎[94 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Masakatsu:　正勝 = "True victory." (see AGATSU and KATSUHAYABI))
97. 05:32, 2 March 2007 ‎Mae (hist) ‎[77 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Mae:　前 = Front. Thus, MAE UKEMI = "forward fall/roll".)
98. 05:32, 2 March 2007 ‎MaAi (hist) ‎[283 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Ma Ai:　間合い = Proper distancing or timing with respect to one's partner. Since aikido techniques always vary according to circumstances, it is important to ...)
99. 05:03, 2 March 2007 ‎Kyu (hist) ‎[75 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Kyu:　級 = White belt rank. (Or any rank below SHODAN))
100. 05:03, 2 March 2007 ‎Kuzushi (hist) ‎[311 bytes] ‎Akiy (Talk | contribs) (New page: = Kuzushi:　崩し = The principle of destroying one's partner's balance. In aikido, a technique cannot be properly applied unless one first unbalances one's partner. To...)

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