Is Aikido a martial art?
O-Sensei says clearly that Aikido is not for the purpose of developing individual strength or technique so as to be able to pin, throw; or defeat an attacker, but rather to unify our own center with the center of the universe, to find our true task on the earth, to bring all mankind into one family, and to love and protect all things.
O-Sensei says also that Aikido is fundamentally different from all other martial arts or martial ways, that it is true budo which means the working of love, – that the techniques of Aikido whether sword, spear or throwing/pinning, are to understand and unify with the universe and its movement, to heal, purify, and open the heart and spirit of those who practice, so that humankind itself can be led out of materialism and power competition into the world of spirit, to sweep away its illness, darkness, and evil, to be able to resonate with the divine.
Peter Shapiro
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Hola,
Mr Peter Shapiro,
A mi me gusta el Aikido y lo he practicado por poco tiempo. Cuando practico tengo la sensación de tendria muchos problemas en aplicar una de estas tecnicas en la calle en un escenario de defensa personal.
Posiblemente usted con su experiencia pueda darme alguna respuesta a mi pregunta:
¿Sirve el Aikido en la calle como defensa personal?
Saludos
Enrique
Enrique,
1. Can aikido be practiced as self-defense? No.
2. Can it serve as self-defense in case of a real attack? Yes.
In terms of practice, O-Sensei spoke of “loving attack and peaceful reconciliation” and also of absolute non-resistance…
At another level, as Aikido is an expression of connection, love, and oneness, practiced as purification-misogi, and to connect our hearts to the divine, to connect our center to the center of the divine, self-defense as a defining concept is meaningless, since self-defense implies self and other. Practicing thinking in terms of self-defense is dualistic, it creates consciousness of the other, of danger, thus increasing the illusion of separation; it moves our nen into darkness and creates jaki, the ki of winning/losing, competition, success/failure, fear etc., what I have just written is a partial explanation of the key aikido principle “Masa-katsu–Agatsu–Katsu-Hayaibi. Hayaibi means no time or space,… an other must imply time and space…
How is this expressed in practice? By understanding irimi-tenkan. Irimi means to enter spiritually as well as physically, to the point or dimension before the idea to attack takes form (saki-no-saki-no-saki). The tori’s irimi calls forth the attacking/defending movement of the uke, which becomes, is guided into an aikido move. The. Aikido techniques are never done in response to an attacking movement… This may be difficult at first, but it should define the direction of our practice…
Of course there will always be an element of self and other in our practice, the question is , and i repeat, what is the direction of our practice?
In regard to real attacks on the street etc.,.. I know many stories where an aikido practitioner successfully used a technique. The interesting thing is that in each case, the attacker relaxed and often apologized afterwards. In one case in France, a woman Aikido teacher who used nikyo ended up teaching the whole gang that had attacked her…
Peter
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1. ¿puede Aikido ser practicado como defensa personal? No.
2. ¿Sirve como defensa personal en caso de atace real? Si.
En terminos de practica, O-sensei hablaba de “atace cariñoso y reconciliacion pacifico” y tambien no-resistencia absoluto… En otro nivel, como Aikido en expression de connexion, de Amor, y union, practicado como purificacion-misogi, y conectar nuestro corazon con el Divino, conectar nuestro centro con el centro del Divino,defensa personal como un concepto definido no tiene sentido, cuando defensa personal implica uno mismo y otro.Practicando pensando en terminos de defensa personal es dualistico, se crea conciencia de otro, de peligro, ademas aumenta ilusion de separacion; puede mover nuestro NEN hacia oscuridad y crea JAKI ,el Ki de de perder/ ganar, competicion, succeso, falsedad,etc.Lo que escrito es un parcial explicacion de principios de Aikido “Masa-Katsu-Agatsu-Katsu-Haiyabi.” Hayaibi significa “no tiempo no espacio”, y otro tiene que poner tiempo y espacio…
¿Como todo eso se expresa en la practica? Por entender irimi-tenkan. Irimi significa entrar fisicamente y espiritualmente, para el punto o dimension antes que el atace coge la forma (saki-no-saki-no-saki). El Irimi del Tori llama el movimiento de atace/defensa del Uke, que va va ser guiada como tecnica del Aikido. Las tecnicas de Aikido no tienen que ser una respuesta hacia atace. Eso puede ser dificil en principio pero guiara nuestro practica…
…claro que siempre vamos a tener un elemento de uno mismo y de otro, el question es, y lo repito; ¿qual es el direccion de nuestro practica?
Recordano los ataces en la calle etc. Yo sé muchas historias cuando un/una Aikidoka ha usado tecnica con succeso. La cosa interesante es, que el agresor ha relajado y despues ha pedido disculpas. En un caso en Francia, una profesora de Aikido quien usaba nikyo terminado enseñar a todo compania quien ataco a ella…
(unreviewed translation by Sisko Morera)
Gracias Mr Peter, por la respuesta. Me gustaria si me lo permite tratar de entenderla:
¿Debo entonces practicar Aikido sin otro proposito que el de hacer Aikido (Encontrar mi centro, mi unión personal)?
Saludos
Enrique
hello Enrique, here are some translations of O-Sensei’s words, I hope they will make things clearer. They are my translation into english; It will take a while to do the spanish translation.
(1) Aikido: from the soul’s vibration, to form a world expressing the eternal beauty… – to raise the spirit over the material …
(2) In Aikido we come to a profound enlightened understanding of the principles of the relationship between Heaven, Earth, and Man,– the Great Way of the Universe itself,– and the profound and mysterious working of Kototama….., Aiki is a Way in which we practice to bring about peace and happiness on the earth,— to manifest the Love which is the Great Heart of the Universe expressed through purity, beauty, truth and joy.. ..
Investing all the power of our living being, we practice this marvelous Way of Bu…
(3) The practice of Aiki moves from enlightenment to enlightenment (satori to satori)..
Peter
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1) Aikido es: desde vibracion de alma, formar mundo expresando belleza eterna… para elevar el espiritu por encima de la materia…
2) En Aikido vamos a llegar a comprension profundo y iluminado sobre los principios de relacion entre Cielo, Tierra y Humano, el camino grande Universal en si, y el profundo y misterioso trabajo del Kototama…, Aiki es un camino con que nosotros practicamos para dar felizidad y paz a mundo,…para manifiestar el Amor que es el corazon Grande del Universo expresado atraves de la pureza, la belleza,la verdad y la felizidad…
Invertiendo todo nuestro fuerza de nuestro ser, practicamos este maravilloso Camino del Bu…
3) La practica de Aiki mueve desde iluminacion a iluminacion (satori a satori)
(unreviewd translation by Sisko Morera)
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