The secret of Aikido
Is not in how you move your feet,
It is how you move your mind.
I’m not teaching you martial techniques,
I’m teaching you non-violence…
If all you think about is winning,
You will in fact lose everything.
Know that you and your opponents are treading the same path.
Envelop adversaries with love, entrust yourself to the
natural flow of things, unify ki, body and mind, and
efface the boundary between self and other.
victorious.
Winning without contending is true victory, a victory
over onself, a victory swift and sure.
Victory is to harmonise self and other, to link yourself to
the Divine, to yoke yourself to Divine Love, to become
the universe itself.
Master Ueshiba Morihei
“The Great Teacher”
