Water Style for Beginners DVD by Helen Liang Zebra Mats Lower body stretches (13 min

Lower body stretches (13 min

with only 60 seconds of groundfighting permitted

The lessons and stories contained in this book provide a lovingly told window into a bygone era and will be of interest not only to Aikido practitioners and students of martial arts but to anyone taking up the question of how the highest levels of art and culture are passed from one generation to the next

Comprehensive and diverse in its coverage

Multiple Attacker Strategies

Water Style for Beginners DVD by Helen Liang Zebra Mats Lower body stretches (13 minWater style, also known as Liu He Ba Fa, emphasizes smooth, flowing movements that alternate between slow and fast, soft and hard, like the transformation of water between solid, liquid, and steam. The movements resemble floating clouds and flowing water, sometimes calm, sometimes surging. The student learns how the body generates force through alignment (kinetic energy), and how to channel qi (intrinsic energy) into powerful movements, resulting in