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AIKIDO is a Budo All Budo have the same pinnacle, with each having a different, yet similar process or path towards attaining it. Through competition, artificial limitations are provided for instant advancement: rules, weight divisions, age groups, male or female, contact or non-contact and/or point scoring systems are promoted. Aikido perhaps differs most from other Budo for example Karate-do, Judo and Kendo in that it is non-competitive (has no competitions or point scoring). There are many reasons for this, including that many techniques in Aikido if applied over-zealously, forcefully and/or unmercifully would seriously injure and/or disable an opponent. Basic Aikido immobilisation techniques for example are illegal in modern Judo. These three characters in Japanese kanji represent the concepts that form Ai-Ki-Do |
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| AIKIDO is: | |
• a non-competitive, Japanese martial art • popular with men and women of all ages • an avenue to better health, fitness and well-being • developing technique, mind and body • not reliant on strength • based on circular and free-flowing movements • breathing development and stress relief | |
| AIKIDO offers: | |
• regular exercise • self-confidence • good discipline • self-defence • improved flexibility • perspective development • improved posture and deportment • improved coordination and balance | |