Is Ki for Real?

KI

Ki, in Aikido, is known as the mental energy that centralized a human body. What about other views.

In Chinese, it is also know as Qi or Chi, lifebreath, that all living things requires to survive. Mencius noted that Qi is essential for human beings to carry out countless activities. It is also known as energy-flow or spirit.

In the book of changs, I Ching, it stated that Ki is the mental wave that create the two primordial forces Yin and Yang in order to develop the cosmo and make the worlds.

If there are many definition, then it is real?

Yes. It is true, According to Acupunture and chinese medicine, when the body fluids were blocked, it is said that the Ki is obstructed. Through the treatment off acupunture and chinese medical methods, the blockage is broken, enable the flow of the fluids.

Ki is the most difficult thing to control in our body, for there possesses no true appearance of it. It is unpredictable. Some people may not even believe it. In Aikido, ki is widely used, unlike strength. Strength is limited while Ki is limitless. It can improve our attacks, movements and positions spiritually and mentally.

As Ki is also the energy flow, the movement of Aikido are circular so that the ki is able to flow easily and blend with any obstacles. While using straight and squarish movement, the hitting impact will be high and at maximum.

When things develops, it will not grow straight, it will started to curve and change shapes.

SELF-IMPROVEMENT

In Aikido or other martial arts or even whatever we do, in order to improve ourselves, we need to keep up the move. This means we need to PERSEVERE and be persistent in whatever we do. That is why practice makes perfect. But some Aikidokas did not persevere, yet they lost the interest in it and their attitudes started to change.

Some believe that getting black belt is enough for them to finish learning Aikido. But Aikido techniques are more than 1000, how can they finish it, it is simply a lie.

Lao Tzu, an ancient philosophy, said, "The journey of a thousand begins with a single step."

He also said:



What does this quotation means?

Firstly, observe the heaven and the skies above, the sky never stop changing, from day to night and repeatedly. The planets in the solar system never stop rotating and orbiting and the Sun never stop burning. Time never stop running and the cosmos was forever changing. Weather climate changes every time. Even the Earth and its living things never stop changing. Technology is always improving and our mindset is never still.

Aikido is the movement of nature, it flows through everywhere within the universe. If the world never stop changing and moving, we also should not stop. We must have self-development and self-improvement. Therefore we must train in excess in order to compensate the weak and empty spots. When we reached a goal, there are more other goals for us behind, we can never stop developing ourselves.


The way of Aikido -----------------------------------PERSEVERANCE

Combined Training with Horri Shihan

Consisted of:
NTU Aikido - Aikido Institute
NUS Aikido - Shinso Aikikai
Zhen Qi Shu Aikio

Date:
24th February 2009

Venue:
NUS Sports Hall

WHO SAYS LOCKS ARE UNLESS!!!!

CALMNESS is all it takes

In aikido or other martial art. calmness is the most important factor to improvement. When a normal person faces danger, he will panic in response. But if a person, who practices martial art, faces dangers, he remain calm and plan his moves silently.

We know that anger or emotions are not to be used with martial arts. If anger, revenge or emotions are expressed in martial arts, a person will lose his morality. To meditate and release the stress and emotion inside you is a wise act a person should have. Meditation help to find space for self-improvement and development. Therefore through meditation, it calm the mind down and help a person to relax and flexible.

To have calmness in mind is to clear the mind of negative thoughts. With calmness, a person regain his/her balance and alertness. And both factors are very important in area of martial art or Budo. Calmness help to change a person's attitude and behavior.

To have calmness in mind is to be flexible. When a calm person face a problem, big or small, he/she was able to plan in silence.

Therefore calmness is all it takes.

Is Aikido always for self-defense ???

Unlimited Creativity

In the ages of Morihei Ueshiba, he always emphasized the Takemusu Aiki 武産. What is it?

Takemusu Aiki, also known as Unlimited Creativity, is a concept by O'Sensei about the way of Aikido should be. It must harmonize with all things and be able to do technique as freely as possible.

In Takemusu Aiki, there are many factors, but the three most important factors are Self-development, self- discovery and Flexibilitiy. In other words, we should not train blindly, that will not bring improvement. To improve, we must further develop ourselves day by day as we train. Discover the rights and wrongs on you.

Flexability is the ability to chage in times of different situation. To be flexible, one must be calm and clear his/her mind with emptiness. That is unlimited creativity, able to do techniques so freely that you don't even have to think. For the techniques are dead but your mind is bursting with live and energy. Use your mind to revive these techinques and blend into different situation.

But before flexibility and using many different techniques, we must learn the techinques, from basic to advanced. Pursuit is not allowed, to eager ask for "sercet techniques"should be discourage. One must be patience to what he/she is doing. When he/she is doing a technique, it take times to learn, understand and further develop or improve. By asking sercet techniques, you broke the basic foundations that helps you to further improve.