Product Description

Conflict is an unavoidable aspect of living. The late renowned aikido master Terry Dobson, together with Victor Miller, present aikido as a basis for conflict resolution. "Attack-tics" is a system of conflict resolution based on the principles of aikido, the non-violent martial art Morihei Ueshiba created after World War II. Not all conflicts are contests, say Dobson and Miller, and not all conflicts are equally threatening.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36225 in Books
• Published on: 1994-01-01
• Released on: 1994-01-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 257 pages

Review
"...a convincing and useful set of metaphors for understnding the geometry of conflict...stubbed with radical, sensible ideas."
- Marilyn Ferguson

"The Aikido student and master Terry Dobson...has taught so many of us the goodness possible inside the warrior."
- Robert Bly

About the Author
Terry Dobson studied in Japan for ten years with the founder of aikido, Morihei Ueshiba. Before his death in late 1992, he had taught aikido for twenty-five years and brought its principles to conflict management and personal growth seminars in education, mediation and business.

Victor Miller is a television and film writer living in Milford, Connecticut. He wrote the original script for Friday the 13th and writes for television daytime drama series.

Customer Reviews

The Spirit of Aiki
On the mat, we learn the techniques of Aikido - the ways to move, the joint locks, the pins - but this book is about the spirit of Aiki. Knowing how to blend with your attacker when they come at you, thrusting the jagged edge of a broken beer bottle is good to know. Knowing how to blend with someone BEFORE they break the beer bottle and come after your throat is better to know.

This book is true to the goal of all Aikidoka; no matter what is coming at you, no matter how fierce the attack, no matter how many attackers, stay centered. Remaining centered gives you your best attempt at blending with the coming attack.

Having just finished reading the book, I cannot attest to how well the techniques work. I can attest, however, to how much easier it is to handle conflicts since I began practicing Aikido and began actively and purposefully looking for ways to be more centered during arguments. This book gives tips on the techniques I lacked or stumbled upon by accident. Still, like my Aikido, this will take practice, but the fun is in following the path!

Many will not understand this book...
Authored by Terry Dobson, one of the earliest Occidentals to study Aikido in Japan under the Founder, and a self-described "oddball", this book is somewhat crytic in its approach, and one might possibly have to understand a lot more about the author to really get their head around this one. One man's trash, another man's treasure...

truths principles solutions
I find myself returning to things I learned in this book often enough that it has become one of the major influences in my life. Peaceful coexistance with other humans is a lot harder in practice than in theory for me, and this book taught me useful attitudes and techniques for dealing with conflict. Specifically, for peaceful and harmonious conflict resolution. What a concept!! I shudder to think about going back to my old blundering, at least now when I mess up I have a clearer idea of what went wrong and what I can do next time.
This book has helped me with things like: resolving incidents at work that could have led to my termination, dealing with drunks on the street while walking through the city, dealing with sensitive problems within my family and with my close friends.