Title: Hideous book. Not recommended.
Product review: One of the _worst_ books on aikido I have ever seen. Books like this make aikido seem like a joke.The author "Grandmaster" Gary Bennet supposedly holds a "10th degree black belt," one that I can say was _not_ commisioned by the International Aikido Federation in Japan -- most likely given to himself (or by some random person off the street) to inflate his otherwise apparent inexperience in the martial arts.The techniques shown in the book are shoddy, sloppy, ineffectual, and plainly wrong. The author, supposedly a grandmaster, only shows us how to lift weights and punch and block, leaving the bulk of the "aikido" techniques to his white belts (beginners) to demonstrate. Strange.I wouldn't recommend this book to _anyone_ who is interested in aikido, even if I were paid $10 per book.
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