The purpose of Aikido is not directed to self-defense or combat, while using his practice to a technical tool that comes from Budo, the military art of Japanese samurai, the 'Aikido is thus intended to "correct victory" (named by the Founder: 正 胜 Masakatsu ) which is the conquest of the "self-mastery "(From the Founder call: 吾 胜 agatsu , ie" victory over oneself "), made possible only by a profound knowledge of its inner nature. With this, the Founder of Aikido state that wanted to change the world must first change themselves and this means that if you really want to acquire the skills that the founder of aikido called 胜 早日 katsuhayabi , that is to master the attack from by a potential adversary and in fact exactly the instant of its occurrence (in Zen Buddhism would say here and now), you must have previously acquired the ability to master fully themselves.
Aikido then while descending directly from Japanese Budo and while maintaining and using in his practice all the technical knowledge of a martial art, it is not designed for combat and then to a result of military or defense, may sound like watching her practice from outside the technical, but is intended to result in the discovery and study of natural laws that govern the dynamics and relationships that come into play in the relationship between individuals of the occasion ' establishment of a conflict and / or a fight among themselves for this purpose Aikido while using the technical heritage belonged to the Japanese martial arts, in particular Daitoryu-jujutsu, and even simulating conditions of conflict and combat, does not share the purpose of killing the opponent, nor offense of the opponent in order to achieve a self-defense. The appearance of the martial art and / or self-defense, Aikido can be traced back only indirectly, as a child of the practice, not the main one.
While observing from outside the technical knowledge of Aikido in performing its technical applications have a real opportunity to demonstrate effective use in real combat, in this view Aikido is lost sight of the substantial part of it, which is that the fighting which martial art and / or self-defense is absolutely not the purpose of this discipline and this aspect should become, to a misunderstanding understanding of this discipline, the only or at least the focus of practice this would be completely misleading to the same objective pursued by the Founder of Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba. Those who practice Aikido according to its correct meaning and purpose, but is one who has gained itself the primary objective of the practice of an "inner discipline and delivers this purpose even in its normal everyday life, in their way of being and to ask others, which is to he whose mind does not compare ..
This means that, in the advancement of practice, aikido takes an evolutionary path in which their spirit of competition that initially brought him to let taste encourage and desire to deal with others, gradually gives way to the taste and the desire to compete with itself, internalizing its practice in the commitment to consistently exceed their limits apart from the others: this is the meaning of having a "mind that does not compare ," which occurs when the spirit of competition is is moved outward from the comparison with others in the inner compared to themselves.
Aikido and conflict resolution
Aikido is fully applicable to the eastern concept of typical principle of non-resistance in its highest expression, which expresses exactly the opposite concept known principle of western fringe, not Flectar . It 'important, however, highlight how the concept of non-resistance not be cowardly means against a hypothetical enemy, it means that the fundamental choice and priority among all the possible options aimed at conflict resolution, is to begin the search for maximum conservation of physical integrity, which is only possible when you do slip off the brunt of the conflict without suffering the consequences of the conflict strength against strength.
The typical example of the eastern branch of the willow bend under the weight of heavy snow in the slips off if you let it fall to the ground due to the same action of its weight and thus remains very healthy and well, rightly symbolizes the principle of non-resistance, as opposed to a tree branch instead, unable to bear the weight of snow and not wanting to bend, it breaks and dies. The
principle of non-resistance, therefore does not make cowards or leads them to accept passively the events and the fulfillment of the facts, but educates and promotes the development of the ability to avoid the adverse effects of the actions of others, let them be naturally run out of it so, any resultant damage to aikido. Only in this way you can reach the condition of invalidating the will and the aggressive intentions of an adversary, then remove the condition at the origin of the attack (a condition called the Founder: shin bu), because even though, remaining within the logic of western fringe, non flectar , si riuscisse a sconfiggere l'avversario, poiché anche costui è in tale logica ed avendo di conseguenza subìto sicuramente dei danni, avrà ancora di più la voglia e la volontà di rifarsi, alla prima occasione. In tal modo la difesa é solamente provvisoria ed apparente e si rimane esposti facilmente all'evenienza di essere nuovamente attaccati dall'avversario, che quindi continuerà a costituire una continua e costante minaccia.
La finalità dell'Aikido non è dunque rivolta al combattimento né alla difesa personale, pur utilizzando per la sua pratica uno strumento tecnico che deriva dall’arte militare dei samurai giapponesi; l’Aikido mira infatti alla corretta vittoria (the Founder call: 正 胜 Masakatsu ) which consists in the conquest of mastery of themselves (the Founder call: 吾 胜 agatsu , namely victory over oneself ), made possible only by a profound knowledge of its inner nature. With this, the Founder of Aikido wanted to say that if you want to change the world need to change themselves and this means that if you really want to acquire the skills that the founder of aikido called 胜 早日 katsuhayabi , that is to master the attack from by a potential opponent exactly the instant and the circumstance of its occurrence, it is necessary to advance acquired the ability to master fully themselves. This is an ambitious goal
spiritual, moral and social aikido, aikido asking to be always willing to give priority to the objective of seeking to defeat one who is placed in the role of opponent, instead of the usual disciplines Instead of fighting that agree to become involved in this role and nell'antagonismo seeks priority of resolution of conflict through the fight, looking at all the costs of inflicting damage to the opponent even if it means they also receive significant damage , while still being able to bring their attacks to the opponent.
This view of conflict resolution called the Founder of Aikido bu shin, that is correct victory meant as 胜 早日 katsuhayabi , namely overcoming the conflict here and now, just in the circumstances and to the ' instant of its occurrence, without antagonism and without fighting, is an inescapable moral and ethical values \u200b\u200bin Aikido is a carrier in the world.
