n an Aikido class Nandini Nair finds that martial arts can be about harmony {mosimage}  “Because of Aikido I was able to defend myself from an attack,” says Yulia Pal. Aikido helped in saving her when violently attacked while taking a walk in the city’s Jahapanah park. Paritos Kar, fourth Dan of Aikido Aikikai…

AIKI is Love. By taking the universal spirit of the Heaven and the Earth as our own, we strive to fulfill our individual mission in life through the Great Spirit that lovingly protects all things in Creation. This is the way of the Bu. AIKI is to attain victory over oneself and to cause the enemies…

(An except from Iron Balls and Elbow Power by Nick Waites. This book captures the teachings of Shihan Terry Ezra Sensei, Birkenhead, England.)‘In aikido the ki of the individual self becomes unified with the ki of the entire universe. We ourselves must ceaselessly work to realise this union.’ – Morihei UeshibaThe system of aikido to…

Aikido manifests a way to order the world to be united as one family. It is to help God build a paradise on earth. The unity of the world comes from the unity of each country, and the unity of a country depends upon that of each family. As a unit of the universe as…

(From the Aikikai Foundation (Aikido World Headquarters) Brochure) The goal of Aikido training is not perfection of a step or skill, but to improve one’s character worshipping the rule of nature so that one becomes “tough” inside in such a way that this strength is expressed softly in movement. This is exactly like nature: Nature’s…