Can there ever be anything than an enemy that exists outside of my mind? All dualistic states are a product of human thought. The reality is that there is not yin AND yang, but rather yin yang. All dualistic states are created together, their separation is the product of attachment and desire. I remember Shirata […]
Shinken shobu, Aikido’s Great Battle….. This paradox of training in Aikido is a difficult one. Over the years I have met all types of people that train for many different types of reasons. Health, spirituality, martial prowess or just to attempt to find that thing missing in their lives. We are told Aikido has two […]
Half a lifetime ago I saw my first Aikido class, what I failed to understand at that point in time was that what I was seeing wasn’t what I came to understand much later as Aikido, but rather form, or kata. This is the way of training. Function is understood from form. Practice, repeat, practice, repeat. […]
Understand Aikido first as budo and then as the way of service to construct the World Family. Aikido is not for a single country or anyone in particular. Its only purpose is to perform the work of the kami. To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the […]
Everything. Aikido is Love. Nothing. It’s a martial art! One of the biggest problems the world-wide Aikido community has is an historically accurate understanding of “Aikido is Love”, i.e. what Ueshiba Sensei actually said and actually meant by that. As a result there is a major disconnect within the Aikido world, with passionate and unshakeable […]
extrait de takemusu aiki 1952 Posted by Morihei Ueshiba – Fondateur de l'AIKIDO on Thursday, 1 June 2017 Watch this carefully, you are seeing one of the most important aspects of how one should move their body in aikido to produce effortless power. He takes a large step. But no larger than he can without […]
The best anyone can do in any interaction is control the space between them and the threat. The moment the mind has intention to do something to another person(attachment), it is captured and defeat is imminent. In essence this is the same mind as the attackers, it has the same intent, and the end result […]
A movement away from the view of harmony that is technical in nature represented by ki ichi hogan secrets of technique towards a greater understanding that true harmony comes from nothingness, this is any number multiplied by zero being zero. Zero being the ability to nullify all technique, zero being the realm of no enemy, […]
Find a sword. Within its principles lie all principles of aikido What is intellectual aikido? Intellectual aikido is aikido that is practiced without understanding principles hidden in form of the technique. It is aikido that seeks to mimic the aikido techniques of others without understanding the basic principles that underlie the technique. Defining movement and […]
To know others is knowledge, But to know the true self is wisdom. To overcome others shows you are powerful. To overcome the ego-self is powerful beyond measure. To be content with what you have is true wealth. Perseverance shows a strong resolve. Those true to their self live long. Those that find their true self […]