Aikido operates on four levels simultaneously: personal, martial, social, and spiritual. Translating “Aikido” into English as “The Way of Coordinating Energy” or “The Way of Harmonizing Spirit” already displays the subtlety and complexity of the term in both…
En quarante-cinq ans de formation en Aïkido, je n’ai eu désamorcer qu’un seul combat. Jamais un ninja furieux n’a cinglé son épée dans ma direction tout en proférant un cri à glacer le sang. (Eh bien, sauf dans…
In forty-five years of Aikido training I have only had to break up one fight. Never has a furious ninja slashed his sword in my direction while uttering a blood-chilling cry. (Well, except in my samurai fantasy moments,…