Before revision: Ki Aikido features Each federation has evolve its own set, but some common features are: Emphasis on aikido principles, ki (or coordination of mind and body ) principles Katas (boken, jo, tanto) Warmups with ki development exercises, coordination of mind and body, with some moves re-used during aikido techniques Teaching putting emphasis on "ki" (roughly translated by "energy, will, charisma, health") and its development.
After revision: Ki Aikido features Each federation has evolved its own set, but some common features are: Emphasis on aikido principles, ki (or coordination of mind and body ) principles Katas (boken, jo, tanto) Warmups with ki development exercises, coordination of mind and body, with some moves re-used during aikido techniques Teaching putting emphasis on "ki" (roughly translated by "energy, will, charisma, health") and its development.