Aikido

//aɪˈkiːdəʊ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Japanese martial art developed from jujitsu and making use of holds and throws. uncountable
  2. 2
    a Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo wordnet
  3. 3
    A school of the martial art. countable

Example

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"He had been a practitioner of Aikido for seven years."

Etymology

Borrowed 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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martial art

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