Aikido exists as an art of conflict resolution. Though aiki is the working of the universe, the application of these principles in an attack is what we call aikido. Without an attack aikido as a physical application ceases to manifest (two nages=no aikido; two ukes=a fight; uke and nage= aikido). Takemusu aiki or spontaneously manifesting aikido comes from harmony with the energy of the attack, not from forcing an attack to conform to a pre-conceived track trained into rigid form over numerous repetitions. Aiki-Lab is designed to create the experience of takemusu aiki which is why we in the role of uke vary attacks and while doing so maintain authentic attack intention in our connection to our partners, so they may discover the path created by the union of attack energy and the energy of beneficent intention. Ukemi can not be dictated! It must be harmonized with to find the aiki path.

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