Kobayashi Ryu Aikido

  Its founder Ueshiba Morihei had conceived his techniques by analogy with the movements of nature, especially from the observation of water. According to his conception of movement, it must follow a spiral of energy (mature) which is expressed around the vital energy center (seika tanden). This uses centrifugal and centripetal forces, and the speed they produce when putting the attacker off balance, associated with a system of torsion, rotation or hyperextension of the joints of the attacker's body, which with a displacement of Appropriate dodging allows you to grab while dodging the attack. It develops an idea of harmony and universal aesthetics that makes extensive reference to the foundations of Japanese culture (shoshikubai, wabisabi) and a mystical conception of the world inspired in particular by the doctrine of Omotokyo, which after a turbulent period, evolved into a peaceful ideology. The non-violence of this Aikido resided in the fact of not physically opposing the force of the attack but in diverting it to lead it to a point where the attacker was dominated by the conjunction of the "savoir faire", of flexibility, of the spirit of non-resistance and of unity with the world.

  This last notion leads us to an attitude of psychic awareness that Ueshiba Morihei evasively described as an ability to unite with the universal totality, a faculty that he would have developed through his training and prayer. As far as prayer is concerned, he sang norito daily, performed purifying ablutions but also included in his practice rituals originating from the practices of Omotokyo and Shinto (misogyny). He developed two very interesting ideas within the martial concept (...)"

            Cognard Shihan