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Acknowledgments and Appreciation

The authors express their deepest acknowledgments, appreciation, and gratitude to their editor, Jennifer Brown, at Tuttle Publishing, for her patience, support, encouragement, and expertise. Without her, our two previous volumes would not have been possible. It is hard to transform men of action into men of words. The authors also want to express their appreciation to Amanda Dupuis for her guidance, assistance, and patience with this, our third volume.

John Tran, of the Westminster Aikikai Dojo, took the photographs used in this book. His patience, and his knowing eye for technique, are acknowledged and deeply appreciated.

The models used in this book, along with Sensei Phong Thong Dang, were Westminster Aikikai students Minhhai Nguyen, Bryan Tate, and Richmond Neff. The task of receiving a technique and taking a fall is difficult and often dangerous. Without good training partners, there is no aikido training or practice. These gentlemen are some of the best.

Pamela Seiser, wife of Lynn Seiser, has read, reread, and proofread every word, of every page, of every draft, of every book. Her eye for spelling, grammar, style, and general readability has been an invaluable service to the authors, the editor, and those of you who read these works. Her support and encouragement made these works possible. Her expertise and eye for detail have made them presentable.

Lynn Seiser painted the original kanji calligraphy for each chapter.