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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.
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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.