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wildered the audience who ner, a suitable path to est values through a har-
walked out of the Dojo follow. You are here to monious and constructive
pondering over why they realize your inner divinity training, with the ultimate
engaged in Aikidô and and manifest your innate objective of preserving
what they really expected enlightenment.” the physical integrity of
from it. I personally think the adversary so as to
that our Sensei, despite Nowadays, martial arts restore peace and harmo-
his non-supposed Aikidô under the light of the ny in a conflictive world.
reaction, found fertile current century, are not an The founder himself often
grounds to teach us a very invention of the Far East used to express: “…I wish
important lesson: Ai-Ki-Dô anymore; furthermore, to build a bridge to uni-
is not a concept that we a universal treasure dis- fy the different countries
embody at will, nonethe- posed to be rediscovered through harmony and love
less a feeling that grows from the most faraway encompassed in Aikidô”…
and matures in every per- places. Aikidô is a live In Dentô Aruhonso Ha, the
son as years of hard work example of it due to its re- concept of Aiki is focused
and sincere commitment fined adjustment to society not only on the technical
to the art pass by. Judging based on universal laws, aspect of the art, but also
never points in the correct and because it has been on making solid bonds of
direction, it always mis- spread as a contemporary friendship in this world,
interprets the essence of Budô, grounded in a solid but this requires, without
the context it attempts to moral dimension which questioning, a higher level
refer to. Our Sensei sim- reveals itself as a vehi- of personal growth and a
ply opened the door of cle of unity and harmony life spontaneously focused
our spirits to understand among human beings, and on selfless deeds. Aikidô
Aikidô from a personal not as a warlike instrument is and will always be an
perspective, which indeed originator of conflict and ever-abiding tool dedicat-
matches the Aikidô found- antagonism. ed to spreading peace and
er O Sensei Morihei Ueshi- love among all beings, and
ba’s teaching: “Everyone The essence of the art cre- that is precisely why it has
has a spirit that can be ated by O Sensei Morihei always had the seeds of its
refined, a body that can Ueshiba is based on the own sprouting, growth and
be trained in some man- development of the high- development.

Official Logo Description:

The center of the logo, circumscribed by a brushstroke, symbolizes the origin and
birth of Aikidô as a result of the harmonious interrelation of San Gen no Hosoku
(Law of the three geometric nature figures). Outside the brushstroke and between
two concentric circles, the terms Dentô (traditional) and Aruhonso Ha (branch
system named Aruhonso) are found; the former establishes the approach and
direction of the teaching focus, respecting the technical and philosophical roots of
the art, and the latter denotes the legitimacy of the teaching methodology used during instruction. The
two lateral characters represent, to the left, SU: the primary syllable according to Aikidô cosmology, and
to the right, MU: the emptiness that stands for pure actions; that is to say, truthful and accurate words
linked to pure and sincere gestures originate peace and harmony along the Path (Dô).

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