There, you'll learn of the four basic principles that are the key to feeling good and getting better results in your life. After that, maybe try a few Ki Exercises for getting your mind and body working together. They may pull their swords and try to kill you. Or they may just pull out a rubber chicken. Special thanks to Jo Kotarski for character design and animation.
Aikido principles apply to pretty much everything.
Like, say, basketball . Read what teacher, basketball coach, and Aikido black belt Paul Lahue has to say about applying Aikido to his sport. It lets you do weird stuff that impresses your friends and is hard to explain. Like make your very relaxed arm very hard to bend. So if you're in the mood for learning things that make you seem slightly superhuman, check out our Cool Ki Tricks section.