Regards.G.

In the connection that can only happen NOW is where aiki lives, breathes and manifests…

Your videos are wonderful. It is quite obvious that OSensei left his energy imprint on you, and you managed to make it your own (universal).

They should be re-labeled as aiki satsangs!

What a sad state much of “mainstream” aikido is in today. An ego driven, and many times abusive practice. And because it is ego driven, an ineffectual “martial” study in the end. Delusion coupled with grandiose designs of “harmony” is a bad (dangerous) combination!

Cheers,

Mike

no, the relationship is parallel rather than direct. bun has to do with the ongoing formless constantly creative aspect of aikido, and also its aspect as a mirror of the conscious and sub/un conscious parts of the practitioner. bun; art, science, philosophy, religious experience and thought mathematics energetic geometry, psychology, eastern thought and culture, out of the box thinking generally,.. will all show themselves in someone’s bu specifically in their aikido movements and practice. another more modern way to say the above is that aikido is comprehensive, as is the human spirit, not specialized. ..it also has to do with aikido modeling the answer for the specific crisises of this time. remember aikido has as its purpose the renewal of all human life and culture, humankind as one family., the expression of love’s universal activity,purification, the supremacy of the meta-physical and the loving protection of all ….it is not a training for an elite samurai class, but it is absolutely training in leadership…

i suggest to begin to understand what o-sensei meant by bun and bu, to explore the work of r. buckminster fuller…

Peter

Thanks a lot for an answer, best wishes, Fafnir

(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)

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¿Debo entonces practicar Aikido sin otro proposito que el de hacer Aikido (Encontrar mi centro, mi unión personal)?

Saludos
Enrique

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…

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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