“Winning means winning over the mind of discord in [yourself]. It is to accomplish your bestowed mission.
This is not mere theory. [You] practice it. Then you will accept the great power of oneness with Nature.
Don’t look at the opponent’s eyes, or your mind will be drawn into his eyes. Don’t look at his sword, or you will be slain with his sword. Don’t look at him, or your spirit will be distracted. True BUDO is cultivation of attraction with which to draw the whole opponent to you.
All I have to do is keep standing this way. Even standing with my back toward the opponent is enough. When he attacks, hitting, he will injure himself with his own intention to hit. I am one with the Universe and I am nothing else.
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…Frist make God’s heart yours. It is a Great Love, omnipresent in all quarters and in all times of the Universe. “There is no Discord in Love. A mind of discord, thinking of the existence of an enemy in no more consistent with the will of God.
True Budo is a work of love to all being, and not killing and killing or struggling with each other. Love is the guardian deity of everything. Nothing can exist without it. …”
Masatake Fujita Shihan
Aikikai Aikido
