William Gleason

About The Author

William Gleason has studied aikido and Japanese medicine and philosophy since 1969, including 10 years of study in Japan. The director of Shobu Aikido in Boston and a 6th dan instructor, he is the author of Aikido and Words of Power and The Spiritual Foundations of Aikido, and translator of Mitsugi Saotome’s Principles of Aikido.

Books by William Gleason

Aikido and Words of Power

The Sacred Sounds of Kototama

By William Gleason
For the first time in English, the secrets of the sacred sounds that unlock the principles and spiritual strength of aikido• Explains the nature of the five vowels that govern the physical manifestations of universal consciousness • Uses more than 300 photographs to demonstrate a unique approach ...
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The Spiritual Foundations of Aikido
By William Gleason
Morihei Ueshiba, who founded Aikido early in this century, intended that his martial art would give form to profound spiritual truth, and lead to a unification of the world's peoples. He saw Aikido not as a fighting method or as a competitive sport but rather as a means of becoming one with the l...
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