Ifs Quotes by Morihei Ueshiba

11 Ifs quotes by Morihei Ueshiba

Morihei Ueshiba’s teachings weave martial discipline with inner calm. In eleven concise statements he examines how a single conditional can shift both mind and body, offering a quiet meditation on intention.

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If you are centered, you can move freely.

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If you have life in you, you have access to the secrets of the ages, for the truth of the universe resides…

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If you have not linked yourself to true emptiness, you will never understand the art of peace.

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The key to good technique is to keep your hands, feet, and hips straight and centered. If you are centered, you can…

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FACE A SINGLE FOE as if you are facing ten thousand enemies; face ten thousand enemies as a single foe.

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ALL THINGS, material and spiritual, originate from one source and are related as if they were one family. The past, present, and…

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Kicking leaves you momentarily on one foot, and for that moment you are in a very weak position. If you were to…

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IF YOUR OPPONENT strikes with fire, counter with water, becoming completely fluid and free-flowing. Water, by its nature, never collides with or…

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Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead. The Art of Peace is a…

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Peace originates with the flow of things - its heart is like the movement of the wind and waves. The Way is…

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A technique can only work if it is in harmony with universal principles. Such principles need to be grasped through Mind, pure…

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