"Aikido is not an art to fight with……" — Morihei Ueshiba

Aikido is not an art to fight with enemies and defeat them.… - Morihei Ueshiba

"Aikido is not an art to fight with enemies and defeat them. It is a way to lead all human beings to live in harmony with each other as though everyone were one family. The secret of aikido is to make yourself become one with the universe and to go along with its natural movements. One who has attained this secret holds the universe in him/herself and can say, 'I am the universe.'"

— Morihei Ueshiba

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