Aikido can not be reduced to any system that can be comprehended by reasoning and logical constructions, because there is always something beyond these conclusions, and we are faced with the absurd, Aikido with all the impossibility to reduce it to the logic of tangible and perceived. And within this perception are our conceptions. The very same feeling goes beyond the explainable, it brings into the sphere of the intuitive. Dynamic intuition is a way of life. It's a very intimate experience. That's what we call KI.

You must first absorb the energy of uke, to combine our'hara. In this case, the partner should not become an obedient victim. He interacts, helps their Hara. We need to feel that our partner is a part of us. And we're abandoning ourselves. And if we're not going with him, only because we are firmly rooted to the Mat, took roots...

The ratio of center-center is not just a determination of the position of two bodies. It's not our guts themselves. This implies something much deeper. And the bottomless depth that is contained in that little body, it is impossible to comprehend. This is the depth that it is impossible either to understand or to exhaust...

The center should rotate well. It is necessary to train.

To work as a center, to combine energy, that is, to communicate directly with the center of another person, is in itself something very interesting, and we can feel it when working out a variety of techniques. And the techniques developed, basic. Tried and tested-means not invented on the move in some improvisation. These techniques have already become elements of the martial art system, called Aikido. And on these basic techniques we will feel all of the above. But being engaged in improvement of performance of receptions, it is impossible to fall into temptation to master purely technical side of reception. It is necessary to always fill them with inner meaning, to carry out a constant search for this relationship between the centers, trying to unite them in the dynamics of movements. And it is the main value of the acquired receptions. That is, it is necessary to dive inside, and this immersion is not a subjective flight into the world of your own imagination, This subtle connection with unexpected force is manifested in the brutal reality of a real fight»

* Ninety-five percent of the training is to practice precise movements in order to then be released as the ideal of Aikido is the free development'hara.

Yasunari Kitaura