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Ainuke 合抜

Mutual passing through. Kenjutsu term referring to a situation in which both combatants can neither strike nor be struck by the other. Indicative of an extremely high degree of swordsmanship.

Aikijujutsu 合気柔術

1. A term used occasionally to refer to the jujutsu form taught by Morihei UESHIBA in the 1920s and early 1930s. The Daito-ryu scroll given to Minoru MOCHIZUKI by Ueshiba in June 1932 bears an Aikijujutsu seal. 2. An...

Aikien 合気苑

Aiki Farm; name used by Morihei UESHIBA to refer to his property in IWAMA during a brief period after World War II when the practice of martial arts was prohibited by the General Headquarters.