…in -
Aikido and the HARMONY of Nature – by Mitsugi Saotome Sensei
The PRINCIPLES of Aikido – by Mitsugi Saotome Sensei
TRADITIONAL Aikido – by Morihiro Saito Sensei
It’s a lot like DANCING – by Terry Dobson Sensei
… and medium length and longer excerpts in -
ENLIGHTENMENT through Aikido – by Kanshu Sunadomari Sensei
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“Ah, I see you are reading The Book of Five Rings…” (conv’n w/ MS) HARMONY p.239
“Aikido is none other than the manifestation of the workings of love…” HARMONY p.31
“Aikido is not the art of fighting using brute strength…”
ENLIGHTENMENT p.29
“Aikido is realizing the original power of life…” HARMONY p.154
“…Aikido is the path that joins all paths of the universe…” HARMONY p. 17
“Aikido is the principle of non-resistance…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.161
“Aikido technique is structured on circular movement….” HARMONY p. 160
“Aikido trains the human spirit and invokes the great spirit of peace…” - PRINCIPLES p.33
“Aiki derives from the image and spirit of God…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.127
“Aiki has a form and does not have a form…” HARMONY p. 93
“Aiki is not a technique to fight with or defeat an enemy.” DANCING p.165
“Aiki is a way of harmony. It is a manifestation…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.xxiv
“Aiki is love. It is the path that brings our hearts into oneness…” ENLIGHTENMENT p. xi passim
“All techniques should be completely in accordance with…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.83
“All things on earth are a function of universal love…” ENLIGHTENMENT p. 76, p.96
“A mind to serve for peace…” HARMONY p. 165
“A mind to serve for the peace of all human beings….” DANCING p. 3
“As the dynamics of spiral movement exert a change…” HARMONY p. 187
“Being caught up and imprisoned by kata, …” ENLIGHTENMENT p.120, p.135
“Budo is not a means of felling an opponent…” TRADITIONAL vol.3 p.38
“Commit yourself to awakening to the importance of training…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.119
“Do not limit aikido to only the present…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.134
“Don’t look at the opponent’s eyes…” DANCING p.119
“Don’t look at the eyes of your partner…” TRADITIONAL vol.5 p.30
“Everything is to be learned from the Universe…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.119
“First you must gain insight into the natural world…” PRINCIPLES p.207
“Forms crafted by the mind have unnatural components…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.135
“From here forward, we must manifest the true spirit…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.161
“I am calm, however and whenever I am attacked,…” DANCING p.61
…I am sure that many of you associate the essence of budo…” PRINCIPLES p. 191
“Irimi, Shihonage ten years. Ikkyo is your whole life…” HARMONY p. 191
“I want considerate people to listen to the voice of aikido…” DANCING p.85
“I wonder if you grasp the real purpose of aikido…” PRINCIPLES p. 209
“In protecting the body and spirit…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.133
“In Ueshiba’s aikido, there is no enemy.” TRADITIONAL vol.3 p.21
“It is my wish for all those who forge themselves…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.130
“It is up to humanity as the caretakers….” ENLIGHTENMENT p.121
“It’s alright. Go ahead, die….Ryokan Zenji said…” (conv’n. w/ MS) HARMONY p.165
“Maybe in an earlier century the concept of world harmony…” HARMONY p. 124
“My dojo is nature; it is the universe…” HARMONY p. 67
“My energy, my power, is not controlled by me…” HARMONY p.52
“No external force or conflict can threaten me. I remain calm…” HARMONY p.166
“Oneness is simply that: oneness…” PRINCIPLES p.215
“…people often say that I created Aikido through…” (conv’n. w/ MS) HARMONY p.15
“Performing technique in harmony…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.76, p.83
“Saotome, if you wish to understand Aiki no Kurai..” (conv’n w/ MS) PRINCIPLES p.201
“The aiki of which conventional martial artists spoke…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.29, p.129
“The budo of the past are not sufficient…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.130
“The concept of world harmony is not logic, it must be reality…” HARMONY p. 124
“The demonstration of aikido that I just gave to you…” PRINCIPLES p. 201
“The people of the world are all brothers and sisters…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.34
“The secret of aiki lies in cleansing and purifying…” ENLIGHTENMENT p. 117
“The way is like the flow of blood inside the body…”
TRADITIONAL, vol.2, p.19
“There is an imbalance between the discoveries of physical science…” HARMONY p. 63
“There is no set form in aikido…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.13
“There is nothing strange or unusual about the teachings of truth…” ENLIGHTENMENT p. 121
“This world, which is a manifestation of unity, is, after all, operated by soul and body…”
TRADITIONAL vol.5 p.37
“Throughout the ages, innumerable religious teachers…” HARMONY p. 148
“True Budo is a work of love…” DANCING p.35
“When in conflict, harmonize…” ENLIGHTENMENT p.133
“You must learn the freedom of no desires…” (conv’n. w/ MS) HARMONY p.145
“You must never lessen your concentration…” (conv’n. w/ MS) HARMONY p. 163
[conversation with a sports photographer] HARMONY p.150
[various conversations with Saotome Sensei] HARMONY p. 238
