Pettman Ralph. The Experience of Aikido

Wudang Martial Arts Center, 2002. 58c.What is aikido?
What is aikido for?
"Cutting through spiritual materialism".
Ends and means.
A way to harmony with the universe.
The physical dimension.
Sexism and homophobia.
The mental dimension.
Deep weight.
The centred self.
Extended strength.
Body ego and mind ego.
The spiritual dimension.
A kind word and an open fist.
Conflict and conflict resolution.
Stress management.
Three dimensions in one.The author currently lives in Wellington, New Zealand, where he teaches politics and aikido. An aikidoka since 1969, he is a 5th dan in aikido. He originally trained for fourteen years in the Aikikai style. More recently he has trained in the style of Yoshinobu Takeda, a leading student of Yamaguchi sensei who was an instructor at the Hombu and the proponent of a movement oriented, collaborationist training method with a deeply spiritual rationale.