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
Shortly after Barrish’s return to the U.S., he had just gotten home from teaching an aikido class in Everett when the phone rang.
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
Before Ava got sick in March, said Ms. McKinney-Taylor, she was a “super-energetic kid” who took dancing and aikido lessons five days a week.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2020
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
