Official: Ky. schools can't use Aikido to restrain students

(AP) — Kentucky's education commissioner has ordered public schools to stop using a form of Aikido training to physically restrain students.

The Courier-Journal (http://cjky.it/2anFGqh ) reports that Kentucky Education Commissioner Stephen Pruitt sent a cease-and-desist letter to school districts on Tuesday, prohibiting staff from using the martial-art technique.