signed Trade paperback
1974 · Tokyo
by Tohei, Koichi
Tokyo: Rikugei Publishing House, 1974. Trade paperback. Good. Later printing. Signed and dated by the author in English and Japanese on the half-title. Koichi Tohei (1920-2011) was a 10th Dan aikidoka and founder of the Ki Society and its style of aikido, officially Shin Shin Toitsu Aikido (literally "aikido with mind and body unified"), but commonly known as Ki-Aikido. Octavo: 118 pp. with 6 photographs at the front and 66 textual figures. Ink stamp of a dragon opposite the title page. Original pictorial paper wrappers. Light soiling along the extremities. Some general shelfwear to the wrappers, with a short tear to the top of the front joint.
(Inventory #: 78612)