aikido
A Japanese martial art developed from jujitsu and making use of holds and throwsA Japanese martial art developed from jujitsu and making use of holds and throws.
» Tom was at an aikido lesson.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A Japanese martial art developed from jujitsu and making use of holds and throws.
Aikido
айкидо́ajkidó
a Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo
(countable)A school of the martial art.
Examples
4 sentencesTom was at an aikido lesson.
Tom is learning aikido.
He had been a practitioner of Aikido for seven years.
Aikido is a Japanese martial art.
deAikidō ist eine japanische Kampfkunst.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 合(あい)気(き)道(どう) (aikidō, “aikido”, literally “way of adapting the spBorrowed from Japanese 合(あい)気(き)道(どう) (aikidō, “aikido”, literally “way of adapting the spirit”), from 合(あい) (ai, “together, unify”) + 気(き) (ki, “spirit; breath”) + 道(どう) (dō, “way”). Doublet of hapkido.
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