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The second section of Complete Aikido: Aikido Kyohan focuses on Suenaka-ha Tetsugaku-ho aikido philosophy and technique. It is possible to skip to the second section without reading the first, but it is not advisable. Only by reading Suenaka’s martial biography will you truly understand the wealth of experience he brings to his technique, and the authority behind it.

Finally, a note on the narrative style. Complete Aikido is the result of over twenty hours of tape-recorded interviews with Suenaka Sensei, and countless hours of casual conversation with him over the past ten years. It is not written in the first-person, at Suenaka Sensei’s insistence, for no more mysterious a reason than he does not feel comfortable writing about his own experiences and achievements. Instead, his biography has been summarized from his discussions and dictation, and is highlighted throughout by dozens of first-person narrative passages taken verbatim from the interviews with him. The entirety of the second section was written from Suenaka Sensei’s personal notes and under his direct instruction, and it is Suenaka himself who demonstrates the techniques. He personally reviewed each successive draft of the text, and made changes as he saw fit. Despite this writer’s byline, you may rest assured that Complete Aikido: Aikido Kyohan is Suenaka’s work alone, and his spirit and authority underlies each and every word. Also, rather than adhere to a strict chronological retelling of events, many of the events and stories Suenaka relates in the biographical portion appear out of sequence, which will appear obvious as you read. This was done to preserve the flow of the narrative, and to group stories and events of like significance.