Getting to grips with aikido
Mastering this Japanese martial art of deflection requires years of training, discipline and – at the beginning – a propensity for being repeatedly hurled to the ground, writes Jasper Winn
Falling is for children. They love it. But after a certain age falling is no longer much fun. So it should be strange to be in a room full of adults being thrown to the – yes, padded, but not that much – floor. Over and over.
There are regular loud smacking sounds from arms and hands hitting the ground in energy absorbing slaps. The ...
