2. What does Aikido mean?
• Aikido means in
japanese ‘sword with
no sword’ because
many techniques use
‘hand blades’, which
is your hand held and
used as a sword blade.
3. Questions
1. Who is the highest Aikido
teacher in New Zealand?
Nobuo Takase is a 7th dan and
head of NZ Aikido.
2. How long has the highest
Aikido master been doing
Aikido? He has been doing
Aikido for 40 years since 1978.
3. Why did he start Aikido?
Because he wanted to get fit
and start an intrest.