Chapter II - #4 - Ikkajo 一ケ条
一法ヲ應用ス ‘Apply the first Law’. For O Sensei, gokyo was not the fifth immobilisation, it was the First Law....
Philippe Voarino studied at the dojo of the Founder of Aikido, in Iwama. Master Saito passed on his method to him, encouraging him to discover, beyond this teaching tool, the true art of O Sensei.
一法ヲ應用ス ‘Apply the first Law’. For O Sensei, gokyo was not the fifth immobilisation, it was the First Law....
O Sensei's intention to reveal the ability of reason to apprehend the mechanisms of the way was not identified in the English translation, which abusively converted a precise meaning into a general idea.
"From triangle - Reverse - Rise towards sky - With four right angles - Descend from sky to earth."
Kyo (教) has dethroned kajo (ケ条), techniques have taken the place normally occupied by laws.
The outline of Tadashi Abe's book is identical to the outline followed by Morihei Ueshiba in Budō.