The Aikido Solution

Can Aikido preserve its traditional forms while preparing students to face resistance and uncertainty?

In The Aikido Solution, martial arts instructor and author HRH Prince Gharios El Chemor presents Kakehashi-waza, or "bridging practice"-a method for connecting traditional Aikido techniques with practical, pressure-tested training.

Rather than asking students to abandon familiar waza, this approach adds a missing stage. Practitioners learn to examine what a technique is meant to do, what conditions it requires, how resistance changes those conditions, and what to do when the original form fails.

The book explores:

• Shinken shōbu: seriousness and full presence without recklessness
• Sunao: sincere attacks that create meaningful training
• Atemi: strikes, feints, kiai, and other ways to create openings
• PSPS: Progressive Strength and Progressive Speed
• Randori and pressure testing: developing adaptability under uncertainty
• Ukemi and kuzushi: honest receiving and balance before technique
• Spiritual practice: cultivating awareness, humility, and compassion alongside physical ability

Kakehashi-waza does not promise that any technique will work in every confrontation. It gives students and instructors a structured way to test techniques under defined conditions, recognize their limitations, and adapt their training responsibly.

For Aikido practitioners, martial arts instructors, and readers interested in traditional martial arts and self-defense, The Aikido Solution offers a clear proposal: preserve the form, test the principle, and build the bridge to reality.