A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.

Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher.

You are here for no other purpose than to realize your inner divinity and manifest your inner enlightenment.

It is necessary to develop a strategy that utilizes all the physical conditions and elements that are directly at hand. The best strategy relies upon an unlimited set of responses.

IF YOUR OPPONENT strikes with fire, counter with water, becoming completely fluid and free-flowing. Water, by its nature, never collides with or breaks against anything. On the contrary, it swallows up any attack harmlessly.

The way of the warrior is based on humanity, love and sincerity

Aikido is love. It is the path that brings our heart into oneness with the spirit of the universe to complete our mission in life by instilling in us a love and reverence for all of nature.