The bokken is used as an inexpensive and relatively safe substitute for a real sword in several martial arts such as kendo, aikido and kenjutsu.

Some Chinese martial arts, aikido and some eskrima systems — as well as medieval and Renaissance European martial arts — practice grappling while one or both participants is armed.

The " dō " in " karate-dō " sets it apart from karate-jutsu, as aikido is distinguished from aikijutsu, judo from jujutsu, kendo from kenjutsu and iaido from iaijutsu.

Some grappling arts, such as aikido, use a similar method of compliant training that is equivalent to light or medium contact.

A source of confusion is the different names used for these techniques in aikido and in the Daitō-ryū system.

The film is widely considered by fans and critics alike to be one of Seagal's best films ( alongside Under Siege and Above the Law ), due to the fight scenes integrating heavy elements of aikido, as well as use of weapons and arm dislocations.

The term is also used in the martial art of aikido to distinguish the unarmed fighting techniques from other ( e. g. stick fighting ) techniques.

This training is conducted in a manner similar to aikido, where there are predefined " attackers " ( uke ) and " defenders " ( tori ).

However, the Bujinkan differs from aikido in that the training is rarely centred around specific predefined sets of movements ( kata ).

Tenkan is a very common technique in aikido.

Some styles of aikido practice six basic ashi sabaki ( stepping / footwork ) techniques, of which tenkan is one.

This usage of kiai as internal strength, or using one's ki is often found in aiki arts such as aikijujutsu and aikido.

The is the original aikido organisation.

It is headed by the doshu, the living successor of the founder of aikido.

It is sometimes called the Aikikai Hombu to distinguish it from the headquarters of later aikido organisations.

He is grandson of the founder of aikido and assumed the title of doshu in 1999.

It is sometimes called the Aikikai Hombu to distinguish it from the headquarters of later aikido organisations.

The students of recognised dojo worldwide are loosely referred to collectively as the Aikikai school of aikido, although this " school " is not an official organisation.

The International Aikido Federation is the primary global aikido organisation.

The IAF is a nominally democratic organisation but special roles are given to the Doshu and a council of senior instructors, to safeguard the " technical and moral " integrity of aikido.

Aikikai is not one style of aikido but instead encompasses a diversity of technical styles.

Nonetheless Aikikai is often described as a style for comparison with separate aikido organisations.

The pre-war aikibudo techniques taught by Morihei Ueshiba were generally closer to aikijujutsu whilst flowing technique was more emphasised as he became older, and this is reflected in the aikido of people who studied at different periods in time.

For instance in aikido, judo kata, and bujinkan ninjutsu uke initiates an attack against his partner, who then defends, whereas in competition judo, there is no designated uke.

The music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg, has molded his group into a prominent musical organization, which is his life.

The answers derived by these means may determine not only the temporal organization of the dance but also its spatial design, special slips designating the location on the stage where the movement is to be performed.

The monitoring is the highest and most restrictive of any organization in existence.

In the extreme and oversimplified example suggested in Figure 3, the organization is more easily understood and more predictable in behavior.

Hammarskjold believes the U.N. is an organization that settles matters in a procedural way.

It is possible that international organization will ultimately supplant the multi-state system, but its proper function for the immediate future is to reform and supplement that system in order to render pluralism more compatible with an interdependent world.

What we must have, if the United Nations is to survive, is as nonpolitical, nonpartisan an organization at the top as human beings can make it, subject to no single nation's direction and subservient to no single nation's ambition.

A student organization, Bottega, is open to any student interested in increasing his understanding and appreciation of the graphic and ceramic arts in their historical, technical, and productive contexts.

The purpose of the organization is to further the interest of women students in recreational activities as a means of promoting physical efficiency, sportsmanship, and `` play for play's sake ''.

The Glazer-Fine Arts edition ( Concert-Disc ) is a model of lucidity and organization.

If no specific organization plan exists limiting the number of scientists at each salary level, the result is a department top-heavy with high-level, high-salaried personnel ''.

But there is also a firm aspect to lexicostatistics: the aspect of learning the internal organization of obvious natural genetic groups of languages as well as their more remote and elusive external links ; ;

The husband is usually a well-educated professional, preoccupied with his job -- often an organization man whose motto for getting ahead is: `` Don't rock the boat ''.

It is always a temptation for a religious organization, especially a powerful or dominant one, to impose through the clenched fist of the law its creedal viewpoint upon others.

This development is reflected in the action taken in February, 1961, by the general board of the National Council of Churches, the largest Protestant organization in the Aj.

One is that whatever is ecumenical has to do with some over-all organization at `` the top '' and needs only to be understood at the so-called `` lower levels ''.

Nevertheless, it is from the Selden organization that the industry inherited its institutional machinery for furthering the broader interests of the trade.

If we add to these contacts with friendly members the `` contacts with an organization of the church '' ( 11.2 per cent of the cases ), then a substantial two thirds of all recruitment is through friendly contact.

The identification of the basic unit of religious organization -- the parish or congregation -- with a residential area is self-defeating in a modern metropolis, for it simply means the closing of an iron trap on the outreach of the Christian fellowship and the transmutation of mission to co-optation.

The Philadelphia Transportation Co. is investigating the part its organization played in reviewing the project.

It is natural that he should turn for his major support to a select and dedicated few from the organization which actually owns the university and whose goals are, in their opinion, identified with its highest good and ( to use that oft-repeated phrase ) ' the attainment of excellence ' ''.