This is not another book about Aikido techniques. It's about Aikido principles and how anyone can use them to live more fully. Taking examples from the martial arts, music, literature, science, religion and everyday life – everything from driving a car to dancing - , here are lessons for making simple changes in our lives. It's not just for people who practise Aikido, it's for anyone who feels life could be a bit better. And if you do practise Aikido, it might just improve that too.

"I don't do any form of martial arts but this book has improved my skiing and made me question much of how the sport is taught. This is a book of universally applicable lessons." Andrew Sparke