Atemi accounts for 99% of Aikido.
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As quoted in Traditional Aikido (1974) by Morihiro Saito, p. 38Morihei Ueshiba
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In order to establish heaven on earth, we need a Budo that is pure in spirit, that is devoid of hatred and greed. It must follow natural principles and harmonize the material with the spiritual. Aikido means not to kill. Although nearly all creeds have a commandment against taking life, most of them justify killing for reason or another. In Aikido, however, we try to completely avoid killing, even the most evil person.
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Aikido is Love.
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In a real battle, atemi is seventy percent, technique is thirty percent.
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Shihonage is the foundation of Aikido. All you ever need to master is shihonage.
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In the whole world, there might have been as many as ten thousand people who were better than Sokolov at falling and rolling around on hard surfaces. Circus acrobats and aikido masters, mostly. Also included in that group would have been many of the younger Spetsnaz men. The remaining six billion or so living humans did not even enter the picture.
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