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| AIKIDO PHILOSOPHY AND TRAINING |
Roughly speaking aikido training has three dimensions:
physical, applied philosophical, and spiritual. All training in Aikido begins on the physical level. Aikidoists learn a series
of techniques adapted to respond to a variety of attacks and to multiple attackers.
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Embodied in those techniques are various principles which can be applied to everyday situations
such as arguments or dealing with a difficult boss. At Utsusemi Aikikai it is important to us to explore these principles, their
applications, and the larger philosophy in which they are grounded. |
The third dimension of training, the spiritual, aims at
eliminating the spirit of conflict and experiencing our unity with all things and all beings. This of course takes a lifetime and
is one of the reasons why aikido has so many long-time practitioners in their 50's, 60's and even 70's. |
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