Aikido (noun): a Japanese art of self-defense employing locks and holds and utilizing the principle of nonresistance to cause an opponent's own momentum to work against him (Merriam Webster).

Activism (noun): a doctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue (Merriam Webster).

Aikido Activism (noun): a new form of activism combining corporate reform, financial markets strategies, entrepreneurship, et al. – leveraging Aikido’s principle of beneficent locks and holds in the “For Profit” competitive arena to empower activism and accelerate the shift from a global economic-profit-centric agenda to a more progressive global agenda with economic profit balanced by social and environmental profit, achieved through corporate transparency, responsibility, accountability and moderation of profiteering.

Wiki (noun): (Emphasizing sociological context) A collaboratively developed set of webpages - enabled by enhancing Internet connectivity with "wiki" software permitting collaborative writing of webpages (so permitting people with common interests to develop together an articulation of that interest - including visions of leadership, the aim of this AikidoActivismWiki). Wikipedia has a definition of Wiki at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki (including information on how to contribute to wikis).

(The section comparing Aikido Activism with social entrepreneurship at Aikido Activism Versus Social Entrepreneurship has several definitions for "social entrepreneurship", "social entrepreneur" or "social enterprise".)

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