The world will continue to change dramatically, but fighting and war can destroy us utterly. What we need now are techniques of harmony, not those of contention. The Art of Peace is required, not the Art of War.

Focus on stillness, rather than on movement

The key to good technique is to keep your hands, feet, and hips straight and centered. If you are centered, you can move freely.

When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace.

I have been given many teachings by Sarutahiko-no-O-Kami. OKami told me, 'By the work of Takehaya Susanowo no Mikoto, you will worship the Ame no Murakumo KuKamisamuhara Ryu O (Kami of Takemusu) and build an Aiki shrine and dojo.' Then I built the Aiki shrine and dojo in Iwama, Ibaragi prefecture in 1940.

Seeing me before him, / The adversary attacks, / But by that time / I am already standing / Safely behind him.

If you have not linked yourself to true emptiness, you will never understand the art of peace.