Thread: Aiki-Geometry
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Old 04-27-2002, 11:49 AM   #5
Erik
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Originally posted by JohnH
Could anyone tell me the signifigance of the three shapes, ? I started Aikido a little less than a year ago, and I think it may have been explained to me early on, but I seem to have forgotten.
This may not be what you are looking for but hunt down some of Terry Dobsen's work. Primarily giving in to get your way. Terry broke them down into a way of representing conflict. For instance a triangle is forward energy. A square is solid and stable and a circle represents blending. Two triangles moving head on prepresented force on force whereas a triangle coming at a circle would cause the circle to turn and blend with the forward energy.

That's not a terribly good or detailed explanation but it convey's the direction Terry took with it.
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