Philippine Combat Aikido Federation
Parañaque Chapter
Recognized by Philippine Combat Aikido Federation, Inc.

The Secret Significance of Aikido

Okui - The Secrets

1. Bu, the root of all that is, is thegreat spirit of the founding of our nation. This bujutsu, as a part of the Imperial Way (kodo), trains us in body and in spirit to achieve the martial spirit (buki) of Yamato-damashii (the Japanese Spirit) by means od AIKI ( a meeting of the ki) with the multitude of deities (Yorozu no Kami). So we train to unite the truth, happiness and beauty of the sincere sole. Bu builds sincere people who have not the slightest vulnerability or opening since they have completely unified their sole and their mind. Therefor our aim is to mutually cultivate (ourselves) in both the world of appearances and in the world of essences and thus to take charge of this world of the present and bring to profect harmony and beauty (our) Yamato-damashii (Japanese spirt).
Morihei Ueshiba performing aikido technique out balancing his attacker.

2. In the narrow sense this means that we must perform austere physical training (shugo) with our bodies while our kokoro (spirit/mind) remains ever mindful of what it means to be a "seeker" (shugyo-sha)

3. In the broadest sense this means unification with the Great Deity. The most important law of Bu is the need for shugyo that fosters the foundation for expressing the Holy Sole of a Surpassing Love of all that is manifested in this world. An Auspicious Day, December, 1936. (by O Sensei) Bujutsu: The form and the spirit of the gods The parent of Izu and Mizu So precious! Put the active principle (yo) into the right hand Turn the left into the passive (in) And so guide the adversay. By means of the way Call out the misguided enemy Advance and presuade him with words of instruction Through the Sword of Love. Enlightement or delusion? Who is to say which person has which Like the evening moon they appear and fade Not one knows exactly when.

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