Living by the samurai sword: Devotees keep Japan's cultural icon alive From PRInside.com (Pressemitteilung) There are enough samurai swords lying around to fill a small arsenal, but it isn't an action-packed evening. It has to do with Japan's tradition of the sword _ as a lethal weapon. In Japan, it is the samurai sword. Channel surf Japanese TV for an hour and you are bound to see at least one samurai sword fight. Most have never seen a samurai sword, not a real one, not up close. In kendo, which uses bamboo swords, competitors pair off in heavy padding and try to win points, much like...

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What Is Web 2.0 From O'Reilly Radar A web developer at a major online service remarked: "We put up two or three new features on some part of the site every day, and if users don't adopt them, we take them down. Once the idea of web services became au courant, large companies jumped into the fray with a complex web services stack designed to create highly reliable programming environments for distributed applications. But much as the web succeeded precisely because it overthrew much of hypertext theory, substituting a simple...

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Aikido Basics From blog.worldvillage.com/health/ One of the oldest forms of martial arts is Aikido. Aikido came into being from the studies of different varieties of traditional martial arts and was founded by Morihei Ueshiba. Despite its many perceived forms, Aikido is a Budo or martial arts. When a circle is created in Aikido, the person is said to be protected from a collision from an opposing force. The stillness of the spinning top while in speeding motion is what is called sumikiri in Aikido language. This is achieved only by what...

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Classroom spotlight: "Aikido" From The Orion For students looking to learn a martial art, "Aikido" is a class that can teach self-defense and bring internal discipline through its spiritual philosophy of nonaggression. Aikido is a Japanese martial art that grew out of other martial arts, such as Jujitsu and various sword techniques. The founder of Aikido was barely 5 feet tall and did Aikido successfully well into his 80s. The professor who taught me Aikido, Don Holtgrieve, used to say "Aikido is really simple, but it's not easy."

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Classroom spotlight: "Aikido" From www.theorion.com For students looking to learn a martial art, "Aikido" is a class that can teach self-defense and bring internal discipline through its spiritual philosophy of nonaggression. Aikido is a Japanese martial art that grew out of other martial arts, such as Jujitsu and various sword techniques. The founder of Aikido was barely 5 feet tall and did Aikido successfully well into his 80s. The professor who taught me Aikido, Don Holtgrieve, used to say "Aikido is really simple, but it's not easy."

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