aikido
“Your spirit is the true shield.”
“Depending on the circumstance, you should be: hard as a diamond, flexible as a willow, smooth-flowing like water, or as empty as space.”
“Move like a beam of light; fly like lightning; strike like thunder; whirl in circles around a stable center.”
“In the Art of Peace we never attack. An attack is proof that one is out of control.”
“In our techniques we enter completely into, blend totally with, and control firmly an attack.”
“Each and every master... There are many paths leading to the top of Mount Fuji, but there is only one summit — love.”
“The Art of Peace begins with you. Work on yourself and your appointed task in the Art of Peace.”
“Aiki is not a technique to fight with or defeat an enemy. It is the way to reconcile the world and make human beings one family.”