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Learning Aikido techniques can be accomplished by practice and by doing basic Aikido exercises. Learn Aikido techniques and exercises to help you execute Aikido moves in this free video series.
There are 14 videos in this series:

Kotegaeshi Undo, an Aikido exercise, stretches the wrist and joints to prepare for Aikido techniques. Learn how to do Kotegaeshi Undo to stretch your joints in this free Aikido training video featuring a 4th degree black belt.

Nikyo Undo, an Aikido exercise, stretches the wrist to prepare for Aikido techniques. Learn how to do Nikyo Undo to stretch your joints in this free Aikido training video featuring a 4th degree black belt.

Sankyo Undo, an Aikido exercise, stretches the hand to prepare for Aikido techniques. Learn how to do Sankyo Undo to stretch your hand joints in this free Aikido training video featuring a 4th degree black belt.

Kantate Osa Undo, an Aikido exercise, stretches your fingers and wrists to prepare for Aikido techniques. Learn how to do Kantate Osa Undo to stretch your fingers and wrists in this free Aikido training video featuring a 4th degree black belt.

Tenkan Undo, an Aikido exercise, practices Aikido moves and principles of motion and is a great warm up for Aikido techniques. Learn how to do Tenkan Undo to practice the moves and motions of Aikido in this free Aikido training video featuring a 4th degree black belt.

Funakogi Undo, an Aikido exercise, trains an Aikido student to use hip strength to bring down an opponent. Learn Funakogi Undo to help train you to use hip strength to take down an opponent in this free Aikido training video featuring a 4th degree black belt.

Sayu Undo, an Aikido exercise, trains a student to defend a strike and take down an opponent. Learn Sayu Undo to help train you to defend an opponent's strike and take them down in this free Aikido training video featuring a 4th degree black belt.

Shomenuchi Ikkyo Undo, an Aikido exercise, trains a student to use another Aikido technique, Ikkyo. Learn Shomenuchi Ikkyo Undo to train you to do Ikkyo, an essential Aikido technique, in this free Aikido training video featuring a 4th degree black belt.

Uke Nagashi Tenkan, an Aikido technique, trains an Aikido student to deflect an opponent's motion and control the line of attack. Learn the important Aikido arm deflection Uke Nagashi in this free Aikido video featuring a 4th degree black belt Aikido instructor.

Uke Nagashi Tenkan, an Aikido technique, is a deflection technique that keeps an opponent from grabbing, punching, kicking, head butting, or cutting you with a sword. Learn Uke Nagashi Tenkan, a collapsing deflection that will help you deflect an opponent's strike, in this free video.

Uke Nagashi Irimi, an Aikido move, trains an Aikido student to do a straight up deflection. Learn how to practice deflecting a Shomen strike in this free Aikido video featuring a 4th degree black belt.

Tegatana Tenkan, an Aikido move, teaches an Aikido student how to cut an opponent's strike with a knife hand and move with the strike. Learn Tegatana Tenkan to cut an opponent's strike with a knife hand in this free Aikido video.

Tegatana Irimi, an Aikido move, trains an Aikido student to cut an opponent's strike and push them off the line of attack. Learn Tegatana Irimi help you learn how to cut an opponent's strike and push them off the line of attack in this free Aikido video featuring a 4th degree black belt.

Deflecting multiple attackers can be easily done by employing the right Aikido techniques such as Tegatana Irimi and Tegatan Tenkan. Watch an Aikido demonstration video to help you learn how to deflect multiple attackers by combining various Aikido deflection techniques.

Aikido, the modern Japanese martial art, was developed between the 1920's and 1960's and is a powerful form of mortal combat that employs many different techniques of attack and defense. Learning these techniques is often done by repeating basic Aikido exercises and motions. Each Aikido exercise trains a student to execute a certain Aikido technique. These Aikido exercises are necessary for the Aikido student's training and advancement. If you would like to learn basic Aikido exercises you can learn for free in these Aikido training videos.
In this free video series learn Aikido exercises and techniques from 4th degree black belt Gary Boaz. Gary will teach you basic Aikido principles of motion and principles of self defense. He will demonstrate Aikido exercises such as Kotegaeshi Undo, Nikyo Undo, Sankyo Undo, Kantate Osa Undo, Tenkan Undo, Funakogi Undo, Sayu Undo, and Shomenuchi Ikkyo Undo. Additionally, Gary will demonstrate Aikido techniques such as Uke Nagashi Tenkan, Uke Nagashi Irimi, Tegatan Tenkana, and Tegatan Tenkan.