Your voice is a very powerful weapon. When you are in tune with the cosmic breath of heaven and earth, your voice produces true sounds. Unify body, mind, and speech, and real techniques will emerge.
Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.
If you are centered, you can move freely.
Cast off limiting thoughts and return to true emptiness. Stand in the midst of the great void. This is the secret of the Way of a Warrior.
The Way of a Warrior is to establish harmony.
WHEN YOU BOW deeply to the universe, it bows back; when you call out the name of God, it echoes inside you.
You are here for no other purpose than to realize your inner divinity and manifest your inner enlightenment.
Nonresistance is one of the principles of aikido. Because there is no resistance, you have won before even starting. People whose minds are evil or who enjoy fighting are defeated without a fight.
Aikido is the principle of non-resistance. Because it is non-resistant, it is victorious from the beginning. Those with evil intentions or contentious thoughts are instantly vanquished. Aikido is invincible because it contends with nothing.
Ultimately, you must forget about technique. The further you progress, the fewer teachings there are. The Great Path is really NO PATH.
Shihonage is the foundation of Aikido. All you ever need to master is shihonage.
EACH DAY OF HUMAN life contains joy and anger, pain and pleasure, darkness and light, growth and decay. Each moment is etched with nature’s grand design-do not try to deny or oppose the cosmic order of things.
In a real battle, atemi is seventy percent, technique is thirty percent.
Aiki is not a technique to fight with or defeat an enemy. It is the way to reconcile the world and make human beings one family.
Your mind should be in harmony with the functioning of the universe; your body should be in tune with the movement of the universe; body and mind should be bound as one, unified with the activity of the universe.
Your spirit is the true shield.
Peace originates with the flow of things - its heart is like the movement of the wind and waves. The Way is like the veins that circulate blood through our bodies, following the natural flow of the life force. If you are separated in the slightest from that divine essence, you are far off the path.
When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.
Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love.
To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.
FACE A SINGLE FOE as if you are facing ten thousand enemies; face ten thousand enemies as a single foe.
Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.
If your heart is large enough to envelop your adversaries, you can see right through them and avoid their attacks. And once you envelop them, you will be able to guide them along the path indicated to you by heaven and earth.
Move like a beam of light: fly like lightning, strike like thunder, whirl in circles around a stable center
Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.
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