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

He and his wife are moving to Florida, where they plan to open a smaller shrine and aikido dojo.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023

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

So Druger, now an ophthalmologist near Syracuse who also owns an aikido dojo, reluctantly sued the university in June 2020 for negligence.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2021

Drawing from sources as diverse as aikido and barroom brawls, the instructors taught us ways to tangle with an attacking or resisting inmate that you weren’t likely to see in, say, a John Wayne movie.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover