Books by Stefan Stenudd

Lao Tzu was the first Taoist, legendary writer of Tao Te Ching. There are lots of quotes of him in books and on the web, but far too many of them are fake. This book goes through 90 of the quotes that are spread the most, discussing how to reveal that they are not authentic and searching their real origins.Stefan Stenudd is a Swedish author, historian of ideas, and instructor in the peaceful martial art aikido. His own version of Lao Tzu’s classic is Tao Te Ching: The Taoism of Lao Tzu Explained. 

Aikido wird gern die friedliche Kampfkunst genannt. Ihre Verteidigungstechniken sollten so sanft sein, dass auch der Angreifer seine Freude an ihnen hat. Es gibt keinen Wettkampf und keine Verlierer, beide Teilnehmer sollten sich als Gewinner fühlen. Diese Kunst zu lernen, dauert ein Leben lang und genauso lange hält die Faszination an. Dieses Buch stellt die Prinzipen und Grundideen von Aikido dar - tief verwurzelt in der östlichen Philosophie und den Idealen der Samurai. Es erkundet die im Aikido wirkenden japanischen Traditionen und Grundlagen von Kampfkünsten. Stefan Stenudd macht seit 1972 Aikido, er ist Aikidolehrer mit inzwischen dem 6. Dan Aikikai, Vizepräsident der Internationalen Aikido Förderation sowie Mitglied des Graduierungskomitees des Aikikai Schweden. Außerdem ist er Autor zahlreicher Bücher, sowohl Romane als auch Fachbücher.

In every part of the world, already thousands of years ago, humans have speculated about some kind of life force. In China it is called qi (also spelled chi), in India prana, in ancient Greece pneuma, in Latin spiritus, and in Hebrew ruach. There are hundreds of life energy beliefs, which have many similarities. This encyclopedia presents and explains them all. In the introduction, distant origins of human thought are traced, examining how spiritual beliefs and life force ideas emerged, and how they were developed through time.Stefan Stenudd is an author and historian of ideas, who researches the thought patterns of myth in general and creation myths in particular. He is also a high-grade instructor of the peaceful and spiritual martial art aikido, since 1972. Aikido, too, evolved from ideas of a life energy.

We should be very careful, when trying to scrutinize our cosmos. Who knows, if we succeed, if we have a major breakthrough, we might just blow it all. Like a soap bubble, when touched by the fingertip of a curious child. Maybe that is what it's about. To blow it all. The meaning of life. So, occasionally I contemplate murder ...Stefan Stenudd is a Swedish author, artist, historian of ideas, and instructor in the peaceful martial art aikido. In this book, he lets his thoughts wander through questions about life, death, and the meaning of it all. This book was previously published with the title Murder.

Qi is the Chinese word for life energy, also spelled chi or ki. It is the essence used in acupuncture, qigong and taiji, as well as many other traditional arts in China and Japan. Its western counterpart is the spirit, or inspiration. This book explains how qi works, and presents several very easy exercises by which you can cultivate and increase it within yourself. It is not difficult at all, and the result will invigorate you beyond your expectations. So, give it a try.Stefan Stenudd is a high grade instructor of the peaceful and spiritual martial art aikido, since more than 35 years. Aikido, too, evolves around the life energy. But the exercises in this book can be done by anyone, with or without experience of Eastern traditions.

Aikibatto is a system of sword and staff exercises for aikido students, as well as for anyone interested in the Japanese martial arts. This book presents the basics and principles of the sophisticated sword arts developed by the Japanese warrior aristocracy, the samurai. Although the aikibatto exercises are primarily developed for aikido students, they contain much of the normal curriculum of traditional iaido and kenjutsu. Anyone interested in the arts of the katana, the formidable Japanese sword, will find much of value in this book.Stefan Stenudd is a 7 dan Aikikai Shihan aikido instructor, former Vice Chairman of the International Aikido Federation and President of the Swedish Budo & Martial Arts Federation, who has practiced aikido and iaido since 1972. He is also a writer of both fiction and non-fiction.