JOURNEY - on Mastering Ukemi

Product DescriptionJourney is an allegorical tale that takes the reader to the highest mountains in the world and teaches the mysteries of Ukemi along the way

This is the second book in the Mastership Series by Aikido Master Daniel Linden. Mr Linden continues his enigmatic and powerful instruction with an allegorical tale of test and triumph in the high Himalayan mountains in Nepal.The Journey we all take from birth to death can be exciting, powerful, enriching and engaging or it can be one of quiet desperation. The choice is yours. Journey is a tale of one young man's attempt to engage that kind of life and his teacher's attempts to show him the way. Mr Linden has shown a sense of humor, self-deprecation, and humility almost unique in the world of martial art masters and Aikido teachers especially. His worldly views and occasional lapses make this one of the most enriching and wonderful stories of martial arts and personal triumph ever written.Journey - On Mastering Ukemi will have you grabbing your passports, calling for reservations, announcing your itinerary on Facebook, and bolting out the door. What a great story!

About the AuthorDaniel Linden Sensei is master instructor of Shoshin Aikido Dojo. Training in Martial Arts for over 40 years, Linden Sensei has been teaching Aikido for over 35 years. He is one of the most experienced teachers of aikido in th US and currently holds the rank of rokudan (6th Dan). Starting with Boxing in Chicaco in 1962, Linden Sensei also practiced Judo, Karate, and Wrestling. After serving the United States in South Viet Nam for the Navy, Linden Sensei began his study of Aikido in Chicago under Takahashi Sensei and later under Akira Tohei Sensei. Linden Sensei moved to Florida in 1975. There he opened his first Aikido dojo in Central Florida in Crescent City. In 1977 he moved to Denver, Colorado and founded the Rocky Mountain Aikikai, which is still in operation. Linden Sensei moved back to Florida in 1982 and taught Aikido at the University of Central Florida before founding Shoshin Aikido Dojo, Int. in Orlando. Sensei Linden has many interests that spill over into the teaching of his art. The Dojo has a luthiery studio where Mr. Linden builds violins, mandolins, and guitars. He plays guitar, mandolin, and violin for The Rocky Mountain Memory Show which plays music on local and national tours. He is an avid traveler along with his wife Laurie and has seen the Anatalyan Deserts, the High Himalaya and the Citys of Europe Asia. In his career as a Security Specialist for the City of Olando he has been on special assignment to the F.B.I., Ogange County, The F.D.L.E. and has served often with the Presidential Detail of the United States Secret Service. Over the years Daniel Linden has taken advantage of the freedom to develop a unique approach to Aikido that also draws on his strong martial background. While embodying the principles of Aikido, he has found a fresh approach in explaining these principles to Westeners using non-Japanese terms. He has made this approach availabe to all Aikidoka through his book "On Mastering Aikido".