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Reuben Yap wrote:
Maintaining Aiki or What is Aikido
Now I'm told that Aiki is something intangible and cannot be explained...though personally (and I may be wrong) Aiki is about
a) Not harming your opponent and loving them; and
b) Not using force but not just submitting to threats
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These are philosophical goals.
Aiki, as I understand it, and as pre-aikido arts used the term, describes a collection of specific physical phenomena. As such, it is value-neutral. For further discussion, see the "Internal Training in Aikido" forum.
Katherine