Human beings are obsessed with conflict. Conflict attracts us just as a light will draw a moth into its orbit, even it ultimately means the destruction of the moth. Conflict of all sorts dominates our entertainment. Increasingly every aspect of our social life is viewed through the filter of polarization, us and them, winner and loser, right and wrong
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Very few people understand Aikido in the way that the Founder, Morihei Ueshiba, understood the art. He was a Shinto mystic, a follower of a modern Japanese cult called the Omotokyo. Only a very small number of O-Sensei's students had anything like the spiritual underpinning which created his world view.
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In the art of Aikido ukemi, the ability to initiate a movement with a partner and receive the technique which results, is half of the practice, as important as being able to execute the technique involved. But just as there are a number of stylistic interpretations on the technique side of the art, there are a number of ways in which these different styles teach ukemi.
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