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Dedication

I would like to dedicate this book to the founder of aikido, O'Sensei Morihei Ueshiba, his late son Doshu Kisshomaru Ueshiba, and his grandson, the current Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba. I also dedicate this book to everyone at the Aikikai Foundation and the Aikikai Hombu Dojo, especially General Secretary Shihan Masatake Fujita, for all their support and encouragement. I dedicate this book to my late brother, Tri Sensei, for sharing our dedication to the martial arts and for bringing aikido to my homeland, Vietnam. To all my students worldwide, I thank you for your enthusiasm in training. To my loving family, I thank you for your patience in my absences. It is my sincere wish that this book be some small contribution to unifying aikido.

—Phong Thong Dang,Westminster, CA

December 15, 2002

First, I dedicate this book, in humble gratitude and deepest respect, to the patience, compassion, and expertise of my aikido teacher, Sensei Phong Thong Dang. I also dedicate this work to all my training partners, past, present, and future, for their assistance and friendship. The lessons I have learned from them are humbly included in this book with my gratitude. My heartfelt love, deepest appreciation, and sincerest sympathies to my family for supporting my passion as a lifelong perpetual student of the martial arts.

—Lynn Seiser, Ph.D., Irvine, CA

December 15, 2002

The authors wish to express their appreciation to Joe Duong Dihn and Richmond Neff for their assistance by appearing in the photographs.