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Ellis Amdur wrote:
But Takeshita sensei quoted Ueshiba-san as saying, "Aiki is a means of achieving harmony with another person so that you can make them do what you want."
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"In genuine budo, however, simply foreseeing the enemy's plan is not sufficient. But to equip your inner-self with the power to move the enemy according to your own will is the true Way of the Gods ."
On the Martial Ways of Japan - The Training of Unification of Body and Spirit, Ueshiba M.