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Japanese martial art Aikido’s legacy is alive in Palo AltoAikido – a Japanese martial art – is known as “a way to reconcile the world.” Founded in the late-1920s and 1930s, Aikido blends ancient samurai martial art principles with philosophy grounded in peace. Aikido’s founder “Osensei” (“Great Master”) Morihei Ueshiba envisioned Aikido as an expression of his personal philosophy of universal peace and reconciliation.

Unique group for elderly women practising the art of Japanese Aikido is the only one in the worldWarm greeting from the black belts! Left to right: Svetlana Tyukova, 73, Nina Zimina, 65, Nina Melnikova, 76, Antonina Kulikova, 76. Picture: Vera Salnitskaya More than a dozen elderly ladies are members of the Siberian Federation Yoshinkan Aikido group in Novosibirsk, and gather to spar and throw one another about.