Tokyo: Aiki News, 2007. — 266 p. — ISBN 4-900586-16-1.
Language: English / Japanese.This work, is the first of Morhiro Saito’s new comprehensive series of Aikido technical manuals.
Saito Sensei, 9th dan, and one of Aikido’s leading experts, presents more than sixty variations of ikkyo, nikyo, sankyo, and yonkyo techniques, the most essential of the art’s basic forms. Illustrated with over 600 photographs and accompanied by clear and detailed step-by-step explanations, "Background & Basics" provides an indispensable guide for both beginning and advanced practitioners.
