The Life-Giving Sword: Kazuo Chiba's Life in Aikido Book by Liese Klein Burton Richardson Aikido is a highly effective

Aikido is a highly effective martial art for self-defense

3 in classical form

reality-based approach to surviving one of the most dangerous situations imaginable: a knife attack

Chagi (Kicking Techniques)

The Life-Giving Sword: Kazuo Chiba's Life in Aikido Book by Liese Klein Burton Richardson Aikido is a highly effectiveThe Life Giving Sword: Kazuo Chiba's Life in Aikido spans modern Japanese history and ranges across the world to tell the story of a man with a mission to understand and transmit the modern martial art of Aikido. It's a story full of struggle and heartbreak that will leave the reader with a new appreciation of an immigrant's achievements and the transformative power of a unique physical and spiritual practice. 539 pages