"faire concorder".

"AI" MEANS
Unifying
"DO" MEANS
"THE WAY"
["Do" has a spiritual dimension:
it is the path without end]
(IM)BALANCE
When standing in guard, the human body has two points of balance and two points of imbalance (one before oneself, one behind oneself).
Attacking (coming to grab, hit, cut) implies moving. Moving implies liberating one's foothold, or, in martial arts, gliding on very soft footholds. When attacking, in the space of a heartbeat, one's foothold vanishes. Attacking is putting one's imbalance in motion.
MOVEMENT
To pin or throw the attacker to the ground
![]() Miyamoto Tsuruzo shihan |
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![]() Kuribayashi Takanori shihan |
By positioning oneself right, one amplifies the direction of the attacker's strength (or movement) into the attacker's imbalance. The attacker provides all the power, which works against them.
This is why
aikido is practiced
by women and men of every age

at their own pace
within their
abilities
with
kindness
la
concentration
with
focus
and care of the other
in aikido,
true victory is
victory over oneself
Masakatsu Agatsu/Morihei (« True victory is victory over oneself, [signed] Morihei » (The Essence of Aikido, Budo Edition)
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