Rōnin
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Kikai - ocean of energy
The origin of action is energy itself, ki, which is located in the lower abdomen. And the action of the human body is limited to its role as a vector of this energy.
Aikido DNA
When the movement of Aikido is performed correctly, it is connected to DNA, to the great cosmic serpent that unites all living beings under the sun.
The tenkan effect
Tenkan is impossible without irimi, but irimi is powerless without tenkan. There is a tenkan effect on uke which moves him.
One finger control
‘Kata mo hiji mo koshi mo kimochi o sagete’, which means ‘lower your shoulders, elbows, hips and feeling’.
The primary spiral
Every time you do shiho nage, ikkyo is there, and every time you do ikkyo, shiho nage is there. They are like two sides of the same coin.
Uchi kaiten sankyo
Master Saito's genius laid in seeing what made the transmission of Aikido difficult and finding a way to address this difficulty gradually, by breaking down the movement into different stages.
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