Attacks in Aikido (atemi) can be divided into the following components:
Attacks in front and behind
- There are several types of attacks:
- - blows by legs
- - blows by hands
- - holds
- - suffocating
- - holds with simultaneous impact/blow
- - holds with suffocation
- There is a separate category for attacks with weapons:
- - with tanto - a knife
- - with boken - a sword
- - with jo - a stick
