Memoir
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Memoir of the Master. |
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As ai (harmony) is common with ai (love), I decided to name my unique budo AIKIDO, although the word AIKI is an old one. The word which was used by the warriors in the past is fundemantally different from that of mine. Aiki is not a tachnoque to fight with or defeat the enemy. It is the way to reconcile the world and make human beings one family. The secret of Aikido is to harmonize ourselves with the movement of the universe and bring ourselves into accord with the universe itself. He who has gained the secret of Aikido has the universe in himself and can say, "I am the universe." I am never defeated, however fast the enemy may attack. It is not becausemy technique is faster than that of the enmy. It is not a question of speed. The fight is finshed before it is begun. When an enemy tries to fight with me, the universe itself, he has to break the harmonyof the universe. Hence at the momont he has the mind to fight with me, he is already defeated. There exists no measure of time - fast or slow. Aikido is non - resistance. As it is non - resistance, it is always victorious. Those who have a warped mind, a mind of discord, have been defeated from the begining. Then, how can you straighten your warped mind, purify your heart, and be harmonized with the activities of all things in the nature? You should first make God's heart yours. It is a great love, Omnipresent in all quarters and in all times of the universe. "There is no discord in love. There is no enemy in love." A mind of discord, thinking of the existance of an enemy is no more consistent with thw will of God. Those who do not agree with this can not be in harmony with the universe. Their budo is that of distraction. It is not constructive budo. |
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 There is no enemy for Uyeshiba of Aikido. You are mistaken if you think that budo means to have opponents and enemies and to be strong and fell them. There are neither opponents nor enemies for true budo. True budo is to be one with the universe; that is, to be united with the center of the universe.When anybody asks if my Aiki budo principles are taken from religion, I say, "No." My true budo principles enlighten religions and lead them to complition. |
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