aikido

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Tall in stature and a kick-boxing and aikido expert, protesting players rapidly discovered he was more than comfortable standing his ground during arguments.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025

By the time he moved back to the United States in eighth grade, Neilon excelled at baseball, basketball, soccer and aikido, a Japanese martial art based on self-defense.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2022

Ms. Paievska was an aikido trainer and designed books and ceramics before Ukraine’s Maidan revolution, the protests that led to the ouster in 2014 of a pro-Russian president.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2022

The World Combat Games – including several Olympic sports alongside others such as aikido and ju-jitsu – was first held in 2010.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2021

Riots have almost always been the result of poor prison administration or operation, not inmate knowledge of our top secret aikido grips.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover