Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: a waste of paper.....

The sheer number of negative reviews should steer any unsuspecting buyers away from this book but....As a practitioner of Aikido, I am embarrassed that the term "Aikido" appears on the cover. This book is garbage, plain and simple. It isn't even good self defense.If you want a good intro to Aikido, I would recommend Shioda's Dynamic Aikido or Westbrook & Ratti's Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere.might not be such a waste of paper if it were in a format more easily hung in a bathroom to use as, well, you get the idea....If I could give a negative star rating I would.