When talking of the intention to get more of what Ueshiba had and less New Age garbage, of course there will be key people, and it is hard not to mention the very strong Budo people from JMA, CMA and RMA willing to do this. If at every step there are those who prefer stay-at-home Budo to 'show me' Budo snapping at the heels, this surely slows things down.
Also to note, the study of connection whether found in Mongolia or Brazil is worth studying and is not or cannot be limited to one 'style'. Ueshiba's innovations within the field of connection may appeal to you and people are now trying to re-engineer (more successfully than ever perhaps) how Ueshiba came to his particular 'flavour'. Weeding the New Agery out is a VERY difficult part of this (owing to denial) getting minds to open (Ueshiba was an MMA'ist of sorts) to other methods is tough too.
'Animal power' training which is found in many Asian MA is not as 'tee hee' as some would make out either in spite, of imagining it with overdubbing and Canton accents. It comes from the same place as Ueshibas advice to observe the forces in nature being in you too (a pretty known concept from before Ueshiba of course).
Also, a reminder, I am not against the concept of spiritual training, peace, harmony etc, but New Agers are lazy when it comes to that too. For example you often see Ueshiba performing Samyukta Hastas when praying (i.e for his life when being lead by nut jobs) this type of 'hand yoga' training is valid too, combined with kotodama etc. Incidentally, for the (modern) Aikido mudra, raise the pinky and forefinger of both hands up in the air and say ''Hail Maitreya'
A reminder, of course, that if you do teach such thing without honest analysis, you do endanger your students, but then again the whole of the New Age is a spiritual disease and those who teach it are on many levels taking away their students potential for growth and general life potential. The karmic price you will pay for this you may not understand immediately or even in this lifetime, but if you are not making honest efforts away from the NA it is not good for you, that is for sure.
I would like to say Tohei and his training has a place in the grand hall of IMA innovators, but I won't because it ultimately takes you in the wrong direction and promotes, lazy, silly thinking, so, no, Ki training is not valid, at all, except for the general intention towards solo training and mind/energy/spirit training, take this intention, disregard the other nonsense, catch phrases etc.
I know how the Jedi thinks, that an oik like myself or other IMA people don't 'get' thier shtick and and doesn't have the entire Ki lexicon/buzzwords etc (which is often quite 'scripted' as in I have met Jedi's around the world and they always have a kind of nonsensical NA vocabulary). The Jedi would never test this out on the IMA or any other scene because they know what would happen and stocks and gallows humour went out of fashion in the middle ages.
I think it is a real problem when Jedi masters mindlessly attach words like peace, oneness, Jah vision, harmony and forget that they largely made these concepts up or appropriated them from the New Age (I am not saying good IMA people don't innovate, they are just have some awareness of what they are doing, unlike the Jedi). Jedi training acknowledges solo/mind training through taiso, testing, visualisations etc which is Tohei's nod to the touchy feely 'energy' side of Ueshiba's skill.
For example IMA teachings may explain how a foundational 'energy'/posture like peng jin has positive effects on opening the 'heart reflex area' GV12, B38 etc strengthening emotional life or how dropping weight, holding intention through sacrum can open GV 2 and engender sensing of in/yo through groundpath, We can go further and say these things promote our awareness of Jin and Chi (Man and earth) connecting our heart and lower centres to these principles conceptually and bio/geo magnetically.
In a cult that promotes lying, Jedi masters will run wild. The Ki Jedi is the result of one martial artist trying to explain another martial artists power through a form of New Age Yoga. The way of the Ki Jedi is standard New Age fare, attaching a whole host of psycho-spiritual concepts to physical/energetic practices and principles. This is not completely atypical of Asian teachings, it is the dumbed down, wash-it-down-like-coke-with-same-after-effect, which defines New Age teachings.
Oh yes, New Agers love twisting words around and find it almost impossible to tell the truth even when talking about telling the truth. They probably think this fecklessness is some super advanced thing that people (oiks) don't 'get' but it is tranparent as glass and only makes them look dumb. This is just scraping the surface of the New Age character, and I am sparing discussing what most of them look like which is another advanced topic.
Some un-PC humorists are dangerous in a positive sense of challanging what needs to be challanged, understanding the issues, often confronting some form of ignorance, some are dangerous in that they will just revoke to entrenched ideas and bigitory. The NA, to repeat, is a more subtle form of ignorance and entrenchment which rarely goes challenged by its members, unfortunately-hail the Maitreya!
Of course there are many people who come up with strange theories (which may actually be true and basic research will start to peel pack the fact of this), but the NA'er isn't really interested in this. They have an agenda which they smugly feel sets them apart, but couldn't make them more in line. Smugness overall is symptomatic of the New Age condition. The NA'er will call 'foul' and has a million and other ways of excuse making.
It may also be a sort of conviction in the rectitude of ones opinion because it was quoted by some of the moment New Age author, quasi intellectual quaterly or other false media which, unquestioned can calcify in ones belief system as 'truth'. The NA'er may be highly lacking in self awareness as an example they will say something which alludes to the inferior nature of someone who spars, practices chokes, does another art. They will be surprised when someone more plain talking mirrors this back.
PC is the wrong word really where there may be no adequate term. Non PC can mean someone who is boorish and ignorant clearly. The New Age is more a particuar bromidic, sterilised form of ignorance based on qualities such as wishy washiness and more subtle forms of cultural ignorance. For example, does anyone of Asian genotype even want to be represented by meek loveki one love spirituality that exists in no corner of Asia (exept NA cults)?. Not that valuless NA'ers care, but the answer is no.
Above all remember that the pc brigade is absolutely, never encouraging any form of thought. whatever they say, they are meek, cowardly and pathetic. If they want to joust with their tiny stick of passive aggression then cry when you hit them with the sword of actual knowledge, so be it. Excuse me, but if I may be awfully polite, if I could ask please, not to rob me, rape me, take my rights, I would like to keep my child, retain my freedoms, I will dutifully bow to your new age gods.
People who entered into Ueshibas space to attack felt a rising of fill my pants-do because unconsciously and energetically they knew power could come from any angle, from stillness, in a trained body NOT because he was projecting fuzzy love. I actually agree with Ueshiba that people who gain these things should temper it with 'spirituality'; learn any bhakti, meditation, affirmation technique you think tempers your spirit, but with no power or skill why call it 'martial' at all?
I repeat, bluntness with such people is NOT a 'foul' for they bring the whole of budo into disrepute, the old budo gods would be far meaner on these dancing no-mind no brain do people. They will never understand their selfishness because they have bought into every 'me me me' philosophy the New Age has thrown at them. Many of them of them, as my senior, should be able to guide, but I would not give them a dog for a day to teach.
Aikido bliss ninnies are such typical passive aggressives, talentless and completely feckless. If Ueshiba himself was to show up in their dojo they would recite a load of wanky retentive New Age platitudes. Does anyone still think Ueshiba developed a martial body which until nearly his last days looked like he could steel your wife by reading 'Men are from Mars?'. No, but now those who have done just about that martial training wise will claim his abilities.
people that don't understand will never understand unless they practice the art and find a way within themselves to understand what makes a man like this see value in what the art is and how it makes you over time as you slowly learn and get better more proficient at other things with your mind and your body that is impossible to relate to anybody who does not practice the arts to find that inner perfection he is talking about even 20 percent teaches you to look for and thirst for the rest.
Jesus said 'For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb' so getting the crucifix out whenever you see the rainbow flag is sad indeed, but that there are so many of these 'eunuchs' in New Age martial arts should raise an eyebrow.
That Aikido is all fart with no poo is not really a revelation either, that the testosterone depleted New Age prefers rhetoric and sugar coating over any substance is hardly surprising (anything less and you are a meanie of sorts). As long as you have a New Age buddy tonguing your ear or patting your back you will want to stay where you are. It is suggested that those who do so will find this increasingly uncomfortable. Cowardice, 'Partaking in the sins' and self deception are not easy.
We may also recognise that simple farmers excelling in Budo over thier desk bound counterparts is hardly a revelation. That these men and women had a more developed bodily life rather than jerking off into thier own brains (although from a Daoist perspective this is not a bad thing). Some cerebrum bound New Agers may be surprised to find they even have a body, the cosmos right under thier nose. The guy who wakes up, hears the birds then lifts some logs, easier for him.
We sometimes forget that the Asian martial writings and artists can be geared to send people of the scent and (dare I say it) particularly those of caucasian denomination. Piddle taking of the white man is as old as the hills as anyone who has got there arse of blighty will know. Why not? The 'root races' may be galaxies apart in some ways, but with much to share, you think there won't be some hardball played? Luckily more and more people are becoming educated.
If your IS training makes you more stable, more mindful of bodily processes etc how can that not be useful for sports? It may be a question of relativity and (yuck) purity in that there will always be those who take parts of a good concept and use it to run up a hill as much as those who will become bearers of a system in all its aspects, this is what I respect about the Asian systems. Both types of people are required and ok.
The IP/sports debate is one which may one day be more a point of interest than conflict. If you subscribe to any special interest sports publications (and anorak retailers) you will know that these concepts as well as the sometimes parallel 'spirituality' are unambiguously present, it cannot be otherwise. There are many commentators on the classics who say this power is 'different' from sports as those who say it is applicable to the sports arena.
We can often 'know' someone at a glance, like those who wear braids and hats without understanding of thier significance or who ask us to suspend all our knowledge and drink the wine of thier naivety. These may not be snakes with nasty, venemous fangs, but they are snakes nonetheless. Theirs is the sin of bromide, oversimplification and hubris whether they talk spirituality, MA or politics, those seeking the straight gate should avoid this honey tongued harlot lest we lose our virtue.
It is not that those of us who have done our morning asanas and said our Hare Krishnas will not overcome this situation by extending the aura of a big, fuzzy teddy bear, so you can share the next round remembering your past lives when you gave him a spot of bother. It happens all the time. But having the 'iron wrapped in cotton' or the unclouded martial mind or 'I know you, you do not know me' is required too. New Age mental masterbation teaches neither the above, it wasn't designed for that.
The insights that Ueshiba had should be common sense to some degree. If a real threat exists not caused by the law of attraction (yes this exists although it is not ABC simple, and I would suggest New Age frauds are the most likely to 'create' this type of 'fight senario' by obsessing about it). Then it is not hard to divine our 'assailant' is in dukkha. He no doubt is our human cousin whose soul came down into this particular 'matrix' as did ours and now stands in front of us sotted and soaked.
The same goes for 'apply Aiki New warrior principles to your life' which seems to have a very pop psychology/self help sense to it. You want to like these things but they don't cut it next other methods (which Ueshiba encouraged reading/thinking for oneself about). I assume this kind of thing will be flushed out as people become more educated. How do you know you are in a cult? It claims to do everything yet secretly it turns you into the cliche spouting lizard man. Its all good. I would say.
On the flip side, those New Agers who go red in the face and weave intricate stories about themselves are often an even sorrier breed;pacifists who will break your limbs off with ease (in thier minds only note), remember kokoro/shin, if Ueshiba said there needs to be a certain gentleness and sensitivity of kokoro and mind he was not saying anything new, or for wishy washy reasons, it is a practical thing also for power generation. Babylon twists everything, it is truly vile.
Sadly, when you look at the state of things and what stands for men and women of Bu these days, it would seem those of Deguchis ilk have succeeded to the point we may not even know our instincts for self preservation and of those we love any more. Thanks for that New Age, I guess. (Clue for New Age, get em young with that aikiPC think, we must not waste time producing a generation of the exceedingly effete next, cheers)
It may help to remember also that the pacifist agenda of this New Age MA has its roots in toxic, criminally connected 'paramilitary' sects (no hypocricy there) with not grandiose claims of its mission from God to destroy those naughty martial 'techniques of destruction' . Thus those learning how to strike pads with the force of a connected body are on the slippery slope. This today, street gangs, fights, selling ones body tomorrow and certainly, no entry into the kingdom of Maitreya.
If Ueshiba is, at least partially, the 'good guy' in the narrative, then New Agers would do much better serving his cause by learning as he did. We are lucky in that the techs, the IP work, the qigongs, the meditations, the Shamanism are 'out there' in both 'real' and New Age form, discernment is imperative, and turning to our 'inner tuition' should help us discern. The narcissists of the New Age worshipping at the temple of thier own egos may never hear this part of themselves.
Even Ueshiba himself was a bit of a sell out mystic. It would be like if Jesus had decided that the Romans had better wine, more shiney vestements and prettier women mid way through the sermon on the mount. Hard to complain that your precious invention has turned into New Age crap when you spend half your life hobnobbing with the serpentine harlots of the New Age.
New Agers are spirtual frauds, voyers, perverts even. Academics can be like this, those who have travelled the world to stand next to someone with a notebook for years at a time, only to return home to write a reductive peice of quasi orientalist trash. If academics can do this, think what the naive, well intentioned baby boomers who were more Cheech and Chong than Ki and Chi, achieved when they went to exploit the continued pulling back of the silk curtain in Ueshibas era.
Joseph Cambell and others of his ilk describe a psychological impase which some people undergo where acceptance of an 'unseen' dimension becomes paramount to ones existence, look at Ueshibas language;'the plum flower that blossoms once in three spiritual worlds'.'rock door of 'heaven,'the dance of the gods as they stand on the floating bridge of heaven'. This is the language of a mystic, the higher levels of the IP canon.
I am not taking away from the excellent work of IP practitioners as the skills you learn here set you up. Without a mind that can penetrate the subtle physical body, how can you penetrate the energetic body, without devoloped Yi (Attention and intention/intentionality) how can you enter deeper states of concentration and mind needed for the 'spiritual' work?
New Agers will be typically reductive when addressing Ueshiba/IP. If what Ueshiba was doing falls withing the 'internal' canon, it really depends which part of that canon you are discussing. Think the 'three treasures'. Most Aiki people now are trying to reinstate one (ever so important) level of 'internals' i.e becoming aware of the subtle internal structures of body, dinguishing mind from ki, learning stillness etc.
This is why we should mistrust the excitable 'silver bullet' mentality of the New Age. The old literature smacks more of being gourmands or connoisseurs for want of much better terms. 'practice xyz will create a lively spirit and bright eyes' rather than 'worship this, be enlightened'. This is not to say there are not 'Big nadi opening, paridigm shifting' things but even great masters learn to appreciate the subtle things, with the attitude of appreciation and 'testing the spirtis'.
'Four virtues' is a good concept because this gives every moment the chance to practice. There are so many fancy pants skills in martial arts such as running energy through certain orbits for health/the benefit of the missus, developing a body that is weird to the average MA'ist, developing mental clarity, really the tao is more inclusive than the dour New Age, peoples focus can be on one of these areas (martial, health etc) by personal choice, but we can all become aware of all three areas.
'Energy Skills' in Asian literature exist in such compendinious, detailed and numerlogically categorised form it seems we need several lifetimes just to get off the first page. How does it all fit together? There may be wisdom in this 'chunking down' of the tao, universe etc. It can be helpful to divide practice into the martial, health and spiritual, to contemplate the four virtues (lying, sitting, standing, walking) even if there is a great deal of connection between them.
Finding out you have missed something or have been told lies is not nice, maybe the correct or at leat the most 'human' emotion would be some form of anger, although there may be some thought crime against that. New Agers may have believed in lies, or set themselves up as authorities and lead people into the martial and spiritual wilderness. There may be various feelings about that, or about losing that. Either way shunning truth will prolong the problem.
What we can know is those teaching internal stuffs are able to teach across martial borders, providing skills that are useable, and can transform martial practice, imbuing it with a kind of power that baffles some, impresses others, that wouldn't be related to the power that impressed all kinds of martial artists in Ueshiba's heyday? Nooo of course not. I would personally like to envisage a seminar offered from one of the detractors if they are so unconvinced, what would be the core teachings?
The exercise below promotes spinal awareness and posture so important in Zazen but this is not saying we stand bowler hat and pennyfarthing style when performing waza. The spine is classically called one of the 'bows' not the immovable jade stalk. This clarification may be important incase anyone likes thier strawmen a little bit too much.
*This linguistic correction is worth making as 'tongue on palate' or 'building the magpie bridge' if you like the imaginative side, engenders connection of GV/CV. GV-26 is a good point to know in Seiza for the reasons mentioned.
If the mind feels too stimulated bring the attention to the sensation of the breath at the belly and seiko no tanden, if it hepls literally move the inner gaze of your eyes to these points. Expand your awareness to posture if you lose the breath. Allow a sense of inner calm to pervade. If the practice becomes 'dry' gently intone one of the sounds of the kotodama or one of the names of the Kami, be respectful of these things as they have power. This is one 'spiritual' method to compliment IT.
Bring your mind to GV-26 (above top lip) on the Ren Meridian line, this helps a sluggish mind and at the same time you can be aware of the subtle breath sensations at the nose. Tongue lightly on the top of the mouth palate, swallow saliva to cool and bring the mind inwards. Imagine a lotus flower with a straight stem to keep posture but do not be fixated by the image. Count from one to ten at the breath, make the breath steady, smooth and silent. If the mind wonders come back to the breath.
People who think those espousing internal methods are 'anti-religious' are missing the point. These people are trying to infuse the meaning back into the emply form of the New Age. Take for example the most basic thing;seiza. Instaed of gawping ouwards at the funny looking people in the class, Why not use this as a chance of turning inward? Soften the gaze, mind track from the head to the toes, relaxing muscles, nerves, everything, become aware of the spine, gently pull crown up, chin tucked in
It is hard to understand New Agers in as much as there is no shame that Ueshiba based his art on the profound Japanese and Chinese classic methods of power (they are not really methods but observances of the nature of things). I may not be saying anything new that Modern Aikido(tm) is not what Ueshiba was doing, but that so many 'historians' avoid the fact that New Age Aikido is rooted in something base, vile and aganda riddled, is worth noting.
To clarify, Ueshiba may have borrowed from Shinto mythology when he spoke in terms such as Ame-no-ukihashi; Axis mundi is a core concept in many esoteric systems . 'Wuji' is a central tenant of IP, which New Agers may glibly call 'center' (they call everything center) . The important thing is that a person can manifest 'wuji' in physical practice. Ueshiba may have seen his practice in shamanic/imaginative terms at times, but you can you bet he understood the physical/energetic side first.
*There is also the definite posibility that whatever Ueshiba said fell on deaf ears as most people were already 'drunk' on the sins of the New Age 'harlot' and, the 'intoxication' of every 'unclean bird', shallow dance forms and buzzword with no meaning. If this 'Biblical' language is dramatic, I suppose it is deliberately so, as the intentions of the New Age are no joke. The point remains to 'come out of her' (the false practices of the New Age) and join those who have more integrity.
These concepts are very deep, but Ueshiba was almost certainly just jibber jabbering when he spoke of them, or he may have understood them to a degree. This is how 'Babylon' gets to be so strong, because it operates on secrecy/code. Although Axis Mundi and other esoteric symbolism certainly will have informed Ueshibas thinking, it is important to understand Yi/intentionality as this how to understand 'Ki/Qi' at 'man' level.
For example if you translate Ueshibas writings on martial arts, the internal power stuff will be infused with Shinto and Neo Shinto concepts which may or may not be interesting to an Ueshibian. Shinto is still 'Babylon' which is why its 'creation myths' and language are so codified. For example Ame-no-ukihashi and Ame-no-mihashira likely refer to the Sushumna and Axis Mundi found in various old traditions and Izanagi and Izanami will be ida, pingala and other In/Yo forces within the body.
Remember even the best martial artist are not necessarily mystics. Ueshiba is a bit overrated as a mystic for so many reasons (not least his complete inability to teach anything and his that he signed his soul away to old beelzebub). We live in strange times, vibrationaly at least..puff, puff...man, so I believe many people will be popping up who can reclaim, build on and even usurp Ueshiba and certainly shitty old Babylon, you would be a fool not to learn from them.
*kokoro. A linguist will know that these things exist with less mystical attatchments in the average Japanese consciousness beacause they feature so heavily in the ideographic and conceptual framework of the language. The study of IT thus hands back the nomenclature which Ueshiba would be familiar with. i.e. 'kokoro/xin' and 'Yi/I' which can mean say, attention, heart/, mind or intentionality explains how an attackers intentionality and volition is transformed by your trained yi/intent.
Indeed people into esoterica will tell you that words/sounds/morphemes/symbols in combinations spake in special ways have a vibrational impact on reality, while I personally think this is quite basic esoterica, (all of the natural world has a kind of song, language at NOR level..puff, pufff..man) it is true. But back to IT, this is why concepts such as kokuru (heart), I (intention), Ki (Ether) makes much more sense to a japanologist or IT person than the opining New Ager.
*There is no special code in the typos below I should add. Sensitivity to language is always important and arguably we should be able to observe with both hemispheres of the brain and from a still point of observation. This is all within the IT canon as ideas such as 'a feather cannot be added, a fly not alight' (yes this is a saying but you contemplate its meaning) suggests a sensitivity and gentleness of mind/yi/I. Completely different to the overcooked New Age nonsense you see these days.
Note, I am not being sacreligious, I have no problem with any of these 'prophets' , 'trancendental literature' etc we are beings of light with potential for darkness, that some beings had access to large realms of light at the narrow gate doesnt concern me. Indeed, many of these literatures speak of Babylonian manipulation overtly, in codified language or in literal code, Jesus said 'I never knew you', Ueshiba said 'this is not my Aikido': draw your own conclusions.
Loyalty to the modern/centralised New Age Aikido(which oddly enough is about the process of worshiping/'hosting' negative entities-and many people feel a 'conection' to Mystery Babylonian spirituality as it is old indeed) is Stockholm syndrome at its best and it erodes any real study of power in Martial Arts as well as humanity in general. Cowering behind Newspeak, double entendres and denial only prolongs the New Age spiritual paucity.
The real irony lies in the fact that so many of these New Age warriors who like thier Hollywood heroes constantly pontificate over thier developed sixth sense in snuffing out crime and evil are doing the bidding for the ultimate 'baddie' . If there is a sinister agender behind the New Age (there is, and indeed esoterically 'brainwashed' is close to the phrase 'spellbound'), then your cowardice and support of agendas will have huge personal and collective reverberations if you don't wake up.
We may also ask why is so much Aikido more Ghyslain Raza than effective waza especially in those who constantly delineate martial concepts (i.e. Aiki) in thier own platitudinous, whimsical New Age forms, eshewing thier own founders (quite manifest) emphasis on physical development.
It should be noted what I am saying is not mearly approbriated, although many people who research will say similar things. I have said many times, why in meditation do we sharpen the arrow of consciousness against the grindstone of breath? What are morphogenetic fields? Do teh real mystics(tm) really rely on guesswork like bromidic New Agers or is there a more subtle process at work?
Indeed blowing smoke up the Ego is as old being exiled from Egypt, whether you are the chosen child of sion, have the last (and thus best) prophet PBUH or follow the special brotherhood of esoterically powered pantalons, humans will fall for this ego rubbing time and time again, experiencing the separation and perhaps superiority to every gentile, infidel and ingnoramous of more humble pant tendancies. They are all waiting for mashiach, al mahadi, messiah anyway so what is the problem?
The average caucasian may be very good at postmodern deconstuctions of the 'old religions' of Ibrahim, noting the gaudy, gilded regalia, the pomp and ceremony and blessings confired or offered as transubstantiation by intermedieries pulling thier cloth between god and the lowly man. The more sedulous may descry these traditions and accoutements as hidden 'Babylon' in plain site. But rarely do we note the this phenomenon when the mantle is upon the sagacious Aisan and his au courant religosity.
New Agers should try to avoid the use of logical fallacies when bloviating about Aikido. 'xyz is true because Ueshiba said it' , 'Only those in Aikido can comment on Aikido because they do Aikido', 'If I don't understand something it is because it is not understandable' etc. You may as well stick your fingers in your ears. Aikido as a New Age cult is epistemologically knowable by research but we can know it by the 'fruit' of mendacity, fraudulence, lost souls expressed in 'scintillating' bowls.
@Pumpsoul seagals a fatass actor who talked shit to van damme than ran away when he was challenged, and van damme is a joke. considering he might be the best aikido guy today thats sad. from what this guys saying he might have alzheimers or w.e its called, and people are listening to what he says serious lol. classic aikido
Those who want exactly the IT methods Ueshiba had (for whatever reson) should at least be aware of (IMO) the huge amount of IMA knowledge acessable to him due to connections/location/enthusiasm etc, and they should not be shy of the potential connection to 'Chinese' classics/knowledge etc. Of course, if worshipping the Messiah is your bag...
Also, IT people who bicker (common) should realise that an IT person is like a kind of 'advanced' PT instructor, some may be good at getting shredded abs, others bulging lats (sorry to those who want an esoteric anology). Case in point 'Yi Quan' great for connectivity/structure, not so much yi/qi, RMA, good for breath/movement, less for stillness/movement.Bagua, evasive spirals, less for punishing fajing i.e everyone has something to bring to the table.
This is a bit unfair 'light beings' is what we are (w/p duality blah blah). 'simians':nope. Regarding the New Age moving us towards expressing this 'light', I don't think being part of the world messianic network of peace brotherhood blah blah is for that. Learning to connect the body with IT methods, repairing the 'light body' damage done by New Age rubbish, using yi and imagination (discriminately: i.e try colours at the dantian(s)), eventually the energy body will connect on many levels.
Or how the shaman say we are 'of another dimension or another world all together while others (or even the same person) claim we are baboons barely mitosed from our primitive state and why confused New Agers try to make all this fit what D H Lawrence called a fashionable spiritual scientific vision of reality. Most New Agers are not mystics, they are not even martial artists, they are essentially fakes in a world where Set can sit on the highest zafu and you will bow.
Or what about the ontology of existance, the foundation of centuries old modern science on older forms of knowledge which may transcend any one 'dimension' in a 'multiverse' all together. And when we throw around confused ideas that we may be 'light beings' or children of the kami' as evidenced the twinkle in the eye of the babe new born forgetting the basal brain, which can be harnessed for such evil means.
Or why those witth braids and beads and hats who throw around New Age concepts like 'center' indiscriminatley (do we mean the Hara/earth as centre, the heart/Middle Dantian or the Spititual 'eye'/upper Dantian remembering the 'ancients' knew about all three-Heaven, Man, Earth), what about the spine, the K1 points, the Laogong, Bai Hui the entirety of IMA philosophy all potential areas for focus of mind.
Or why the classics describe relaxed, dropped elbows being an important component of 'sung' in a connected body (and how one can brake this and other rules once you understand them, as many arts in CMA, RMA and JMA do) Or why the yi/mind is a seperate discipline to the 'imagination' (on which entire 'spiritual' disciplines are built) and why very few 'Jedi' frauds can explain the difference
Actually, spiralling the hara is a touch misleading, the main point is that the movement of hara (in a connected, conditioned body) on the axial (and sagittal) plane affect the forces/energies/jin in the body. If you wanted to generate spirals and vortices in water you would stir and move it in circular directions (hence why the Daoists observed nature, as above so below etc. The same is true of the creating certain forces within the 'Chi body'.
@mgdani777 Thats why you will never learn anything with such attention deficit problems. Grow up please. If some of these ideas (coiling jin, moving part to move a whole) sound quaint or easy, then clearly there is much mind, conditioning, connection, balance, alignment, stillness, awareness etc etc to it (but that has been discussed). None of this will you find in any New Age version of an art, obviously.
@mgdani777 If you are going to reply with such non sequitur, obtuse flim flam, why even bother? Aikido, like every other New Age creation is a form of fraudulence. New Aers may have the ponytails, the nice clothes, they may have even studied some 'Eastern' ideas but very few, none in fact, are willing to actually look deeply at, well, anything. It is like the old Buddhist question 'who am I' which if contemplated in stillness may give you a sense of the 'consciousness' that you are.
Really this may matter not. People may debate about when 'Ueshiba's Aikdo' became Modern, New Age Aikido. The truth is the 'New Age' probably both propelled and held back Ueshiba at various times in his life. Many people do not want to look at what the 'New Age' is but it would seem, ultimately it 'won', which we may reasonably conclude Ueshiba would have been disillusioned by.
Slightly tangential, without delving into orientalism, it is true that concepts such as 'essence', 'being' and 'quality' are more 'normalised' in some Asian countries (in these parts we have Pirsig, Gladwell, Watts et al to 'teach' us these things) Because of his cultural background and of course some talent, it is possible Ueshiba would have been able to take the essence of whichever system he saw (more than most people think IMO) and take it in a direction to his favour
It should be stated I do not believe 'spiraling jin' is the perogative of one art. Indeed it matters less excatly where Ueshiba got these things, good IMA people will tend to agree on many principles; Aiki no in yo ho, bai bu kou bu, sunk sacrum, kua, the dynamic 'holon' of hara (spiral the part to spiral the whole) etc, over differences. Certainly the topic of Daito Ryu's connection to a wider shpere of classical 'Asian' IMA knowledge (including 5 elements, Yin Yang etc) is not insignificant.
Note, ppl may repine about notions of cross pollination (a la Goju Ryu) in spite of its perenniality through antiquity. Any 'Japonification' usually involves certain obviations and modifications according to cultural proclivities. Ueshibas appropriation of another 'IMA engine' intimates not of 'some skinny guy spinning around on youtube' but of the old stillness/movement school, maintaing ten chi jin, moving the tanden through various elliptical, spiralling internal forms and circumabulations.
In spite of this, most New Agers are not 'bad' people, just brainwashed with strong ideals following others who are brainwashed with strong ideals. This is why I think those teaching the 'body skills' that Ueshiba practiced but couldn't convey do a good thing because it gets behind the 'foreground noise' of 'styles' whilst still respecting 'styles'. This is closer to Ueshiba's initial goal of 'bringing people together' than under the faux banner of One pacifist Loveki martial art for One World.
Just because Ueshiba was a visionary, good at stealing techniques and merging arts, doesnt mean Aikido is good, because all evidence suggests that as a New Age icon he did everything his mentors told him to, including turning 'Aikido' into another pacifistic art for public consumption leading people into a so called New Age, which cursory research shows is happening. Real MA should circulate amongst 'the people(tm)', not these crummy world Budo peace brotherhood scams which Ueshiba followed.
It is like in the 60's when hippies were 'tripping out' for shits and giggles, whereas any real practice involving entering into non ordinary states involves care and attention. I am not extremely 'traditional', but people who teach stuff like developing martial power should at least be aware of delusions/pitfalls etc. This is not to become some bore or paranoid or whatever. In fact the New Age basically relies on peoples ignorance (its 'engine' is 'demonic') but that is another story.
In the New Age many of those misdirecting, nonsensical 'squiggles' are placed into the mix by design, but even in IMA groups (which you claim to be part of) the idea that the teacher definately 'knows thier stuff' couldn't be further from the truth. Anything from 'limp noodle types' through to 'Chi jerks' all exists, in part I think due to this 'cultural disconnect'. Actually I would say most IMA ppl suffer from some form of delusion or chi related psychosis.
Slightly off topic, but there tends to be a kind of 'cultural dissconnect' when discussing East/West ideas(it is like a cartoon I saw called 'How Asians and Westerners do business' with dozens of squiggly lines between the Asian characters and one single line between the Western characters'. In defence of the 'Asian' model there is a lot there in those 'squiggles', but no doubt some old, difficult customs and just plain BS 'squiggles' sneak in there.
The clue is in the form/xing of Aikido, in order to create spiraling forces that Ueshiba had you must have a practice that moves the hara/body stricture through many circular/spiraling/vortex type IT practices (which you are familiar with if you are not BS'ing). I can't be bothered to dissect Aikido bit by bit but however you look at it Aikidos 'shape' footwork/palms etc it suggests an art which had its 'engine' not 'revamped' but 'merged' with another(s) (which is innovative perhaps).
In Aikido in particular we can say that DR is an 'Aiki' art and debatably even this art probably has its roots in classical 'Chinese' Internal ideas. But what ppl wonder is how Ueshibas art suddenly went from a DR 'Aiki engine' to an 'engine' with many coiling/spiraling/leading 'jin/forces' not known in DR. A man, a proud Japanese man who said 'steal thier tequnique' , would have done just that (to the art you profess to study, as well as others).
This does not mean Aikido is any good because ol' Croc (of shit) Deguchi pretty quickly turned Aikido in to the Messiannic Jive Church of Pacifistic Ueshiba Worship, which New Agers clamour around even till today, oft unclear of why they do it (something vague about 'something great', no New Ager really knows, but they are convinced it is very very 'Great', maybe they will see an aura, some spinning couloured circles,some Chi, they just don't kn...aaaaaaah blissss)
I'll bite. Bagua almost certainly features in Aikido whatever anyone says. Oomoto may be a pile of New Age BS but it is/was also 'connected'. The 'jewel in Ueshiba's crown' is thought to be his IP and his multiple opponents work, but Asia (and I will include E Slavic regions, Tibet, Nepal, India. S.E Asia etc) is pretty big with many systems more sophisticated than Aikido. By royal decree, Ueshiba would have had access to people the average dumpling eating scum would not.
@theblacksashman I've trained in Bagua for multiple years and one thing I've noticed is that ALL martial arts have a connection in some way. It may be Bagua to some, Kung-Fu to others, you do not embody the spirit of your martial art sir. With respect, Martial Arts isn't really about beating the crap out of someone or arguing about who is right or wrong, New Age vs Old Age BS you talk about, it's about bettering ones self and Spirit. Please, enough of your crusade against Morihei Ueshiba
@GeneralArrow I think the point is that the Aikido ppl not involved in outright worship of messiah Ueshiba want to know how his art went from being something Daito Ryu in nature to something even more 'Aiki-fied' with an emphasis on 'love thy neighbour' philosophy. You are correct that certainly their are 'connections' between arts (Gojo Ryu Karate to Bai He Gongfu an easy example). I am no Sinophile but we do need to look at the antecedent nature of one culture over another.
You may well be right about the Bagua thing, controversial topic, he was in Manchuria for quite some time( try walking some Tang ni bu, that would clarify your theory-Ueshiba lied about most things-he would never steal the palms/certain IP dynamics from Bagua to further mystify middle class whites would he?) This theory is not as controversial as Ueshiba's (Luciferian) cultism, which you are definitely wrong about. Plenty of light in the room, cheers.
Well, if you want to understand Aikido you really have to delve in to the fact that Ueshiba was guided by (luciferian) NWO cultist philosophy, whilst understanding something of 'martial energetics' (you can see this in the Aiki age/shape). Anyone who knows 'energy work' knows it can be used for good or bad. The so called Aikido 'historians' don't tell you this, some out of ignorance, others are putting on a façade.
A Life in Aikido: The Biography of Founder Morihei Ueshiba -this is the official biography straight from his son. O sensei many times thrroughout his life would say "For people to truly understand Aikido they would need to know my life story." I've just started reading this book at Barnes and Noble.It is pertinent for one to read-It not only dispels the doubt his skills were staged but is a requirement for any interested in aikido.
The classic text, Reikai Monogatari, if it doesn't make you bleed from the eyes reading it, includes great excerpts of the 'monster' Deuchi and Ueshiba, following planet Venus across grassy plains to establish thier Kingdom of Maitreya. It really is an expertly crafted load of Aquarian Age twaddle (if you at all understand aquarian symbolism).
@athanasiadis24 I know. Our evil plans for world domination are in danger of being revealed to the unsuspecting masses! We must eliminate him! Or brain wash him like we did to that Segal dude.
@athanasiadis24 It was a busy year, but I think the Kennedy job stands out. Not the best one ever mind you but no-one suspects we did it! Ooh, have you heard? We're going after the pope next year. Things are getting so busy these days, I mean planning all the "terrorist" attacks, carrying them out, fabricating evidence, collapsing the global economy. I hardly have time to train!
@ketsan Oh yeah the Kennedy one...That was cool...I think 911 was the TRUE masterpiece. Oh, what about the earthquake in Chile? Marvelous work!
There's so much goin' on...Currently I'm writing Obama's speech so that every phrase of his can sound like worshiping the great horned one if played backwards.
@sword0saint Don't fall for blacksashman's shit he's a spammer. If you ask him "why" he's gonna start answering with riddles and examples that only an "awakened one" or an "enceptional mind" like himself (yes he has said both) can possibly perceive. We're just too stupid for him, don't you get it?
@cwkinser Now this is a curious statement. Please send me a message and explain a little deeper. I would genuinely like to understand what you mean. Thanks.
I wonder how he was carrying that 1200 pounds he claims. I'm sure it's not impossible, but the world record squat and deadlift at his weight isn't anywhere near what he claims. To be able to carry 7 times your body weight is unheard by any strength competitor.
@Entropy137 - I heard a story related that once a visitor went to Master Ueshiba's home when he was around 80. there was a large stone in the yard weighing near half a ton. Using simple leverage with ki he moved it without breaking a sweat. or another way of thinking of it - a car weighs 3000 pounds, but rolls around on a combined surface area of less than a square foot. ever pushed a car with a dead engine? it's not that hard once you get it rolling. think of the wheel as your ki force
@Entropy137 - additionally, Aikido, as any true form is, whether martial, art, or practical is completely removed from the sphere of competition. You won't find AIkido in the Olympics and you never will. the idea of competition is a limiting factor, since there is a goal involved, namely beating the 'other'. Aikido is not at all concerned about beating anybody, but integrating movement with spirit. As one translation holds - "Ai" love "ki" energy "do" way. So it is way of energy through love.
This man is hilarious. I had to laugh at the end. What a treat it would have been to train with him or to be his grandchild. I thought he would have been glum and boring, but I wonderfully surprised by his humility, honesty and lighthearted interview.
@XMK96825 The man that's teaching me (my history teacher) has trained with some people who trained with him, so that's pretty close. I believe if you look you can find some people who trained with him.
@hyru913 actually the teacher of my teacher trained under one of O-sensei's students..I forget the name but he was one of the ones that came to Hawaii to help spread the art..I'm sure it started with a T
I find that its really interesting to talk to the really old masters who really mastered something, and those who founded an art. (NOt the jokers today) You all know what I am talking about. THose old guys that really knew what they were talking about, and what they were doing. True masters.
*and other ___MA I have left out for brevity.
theblacksashman 3 weeks ago
When talking of the intention to get more of what Ueshiba had and less New Age garbage, of course there will be key people, and it is hard not to mention the very strong Budo people from JMA, CMA and RMA willing to do this. If at every step there are those who prefer stay-at-home Budo to 'show me' Budo snapping at the heels, this surely slows things down.
theblacksashman 3 weeks ago
Also to note, the study of connection whether found in Mongolia or Brazil is worth studying and is not or cannot be limited to one 'style'. Ueshiba's innovations within the field of connection may appeal to you and people are now trying to re-engineer (more successfully than ever perhaps) how Ueshiba came to his particular 'flavour'. Weeding the New Agery out is a VERY difficult part of this (owing to denial) getting minds to open (Ueshiba was an MMA'ist of sorts) to other methods is tough too.
theblacksashman 3 weeks ago
'Animal power' training which is found in many Asian MA is not as 'tee hee' as some would make out either in spite, of imagining it with overdubbing and Canton accents. It comes from the same place as Ueshibas advice to observe the forces in nature being in you too (a pretty known concept from before Ueshiba of course).
theblacksashman 3 weeks ago
Also, a reminder, I am not against the concept of spiritual training, peace, harmony etc, but New Agers are lazy when it comes to that too. For example you often see Ueshiba performing Samyukta Hastas when praying (i.e for his life when being lead by nut jobs) this type of 'hand yoga' training is valid too, combined with kotodama etc. Incidentally, for the (modern) Aikido mudra, raise the pinky and forefinger of both hands up in the air and say ''Hail Maitreya'
theblacksashman 3 weeks ago
A reminder, of course, that if you do teach such thing without honest analysis, you do endanger your students, but then again the whole of the New Age is a spiritual disease and those who teach it are on many levels taking away their students potential for growth and general life potential. The karmic price you will pay for this you may not understand immediately or even in this lifetime, but if you are not making honest efforts away from the NA it is not good for you, that is for sure.
theblacksashman 3 weeks ago
I would like to say Tohei and his training has a place in the grand hall of IMA innovators, but I won't because it ultimately takes you in the wrong direction and promotes, lazy, silly thinking, so, no, Ki training is not valid, at all, except for the general intention towards solo training and mind/energy/spirit training, take this intention, disregard the other nonsense, catch phrases etc.
theblacksashman 3 weeks ago
I know how the Jedi thinks, that an oik like myself or other IMA people don't 'get' thier shtick and and doesn't have the entire Ki lexicon/buzzwords etc (which is often quite 'scripted' as in I have met Jedi's around the world and they always have a kind of nonsensical NA vocabulary). The Jedi would never test this out on the IMA or any other scene because they know what would happen and stocks and gallows humour went out of fashion in the middle ages.
theblacksashman 3 weeks ago
I think it is a real problem when Jedi masters mindlessly attach words like peace, oneness, Jah vision, harmony and forget that they largely made these concepts up or appropriated them from the New Age (I am not saying good IMA people don't innovate, they are just have some awareness of what they are doing, unlike the Jedi). Jedi training acknowledges solo/mind training through taiso, testing, visualisations etc which is Tohei's nod to the touchy feely 'energy' side of Ueshiba's skill.
theblacksashman 3 weeks ago
For example IMA teachings may explain how a foundational 'energy'/posture like peng jin has positive effects on opening the 'heart reflex area' GV12, B38 etc strengthening emotional life or how dropping weight, holding intention through sacrum can open GV 2 and engender sensing of in/yo through groundpath, We can go further and say these things promote our awareness of Jin and Chi (Man and earth) connecting our heart and lower centres to these principles conceptually and bio/geo magnetically.
theblacksashman 3 weeks ago
In a cult that promotes lying, Jedi masters will run wild. The Ki Jedi is the result of one martial artist trying to explain another martial artists power through a form of New Age Yoga. The way of the Ki Jedi is standard New Age fare, attaching a whole host of psycho-spiritual concepts to physical/energetic practices and principles. This is not completely atypical of Asian teachings, it is the dumbed down, wash-it-down-like-coke-with-same-after-effect, which defines New Age teachings.
theblacksashman 3 weeks ago
Oh yes, New Agers love twisting words around and find it almost impossible to tell the truth even when talking about telling the truth. They probably think this fecklessness is some super advanced thing that people (oiks) don't 'get' but it is tranparent as glass and only makes them look dumb. This is just scraping the surface of the New Age character, and I am sparing discussing what most of them look like which is another advanced topic.
theblacksashman 1 month ago
Some un-PC humorists are dangerous in a positive sense of challanging what needs to be challanged, understanding the issues, often confronting some form of ignorance, some are dangerous in that they will just revoke to entrenched ideas and bigitory. The NA, to repeat, is a more subtle form of ignorance and entrenchment which rarely goes challenged by its members, unfortunately-hail the Maitreya!
theblacksashman 1 month ago
Of course there are many people who come up with strange theories (which may actually be true and basic research will start to peel pack the fact of this), but the NA'er isn't really interested in this. They have an agenda which they smugly feel sets them apart, but couldn't make them more in line. Smugness overall is symptomatic of the New Age condition. The NA'er will call 'foul' and has a million and other ways of excuse making.
theblacksashman 1 month ago
It may also be a sort of conviction in the rectitude of ones opinion because it was quoted by some of the moment New Age author, quasi intellectual quaterly or other false media which, unquestioned can calcify in ones belief system as 'truth'. The NA'er may be highly lacking in self awareness as an example they will say something which alludes to the inferior nature of someone who spars, practices chokes, does another art. They will be surprised when someone more plain talking mirrors this back.
theblacksashman 1 month ago
PC is the wrong word really where there may be no adequate term. Non PC can mean someone who is boorish and ignorant clearly. The New Age is more a particuar bromidic, sterilised form of ignorance based on qualities such as wishy washiness and more subtle forms of cultural ignorance. For example, does anyone of Asian genotype even want to be represented by meek loveki one love spirituality that exists in no corner of Asia (exept NA cults)?. Not that valuless NA'ers care, but the answer is no.
theblacksashman 1 month ago
Above all remember that the pc brigade is absolutely, never encouraging any form of thought. whatever they say, they are meek, cowardly and pathetic. If they want to joust with their tiny stick of passive aggression then cry when you hit them with the sword of actual knowledge, so be it. Excuse me, but if I may be awfully polite, if I could ask please, not to rob me, rape me, take my rights, I would like to keep my child, retain my freedoms, I will dutifully bow to your new age gods.
theblacksashman 1 month ago
People who entered into Ueshibas space to attack felt a rising of fill my pants-do because unconsciously and energetically they knew power could come from any angle, from stillness, in a trained body NOT because he was projecting fuzzy love. I actually agree with Ueshiba that people who gain these things should temper it with 'spirituality'; learn any bhakti, meditation, affirmation technique you think tempers your spirit, but with no power or skill why call it 'martial' at all?
theblacksashman 1 month ago
I repeat, bluntness with such people is NOT a 'foul' for they bring the whole of budo into disrepute, the old budo gods would be far meaner on these dancing no-mind no brain do people. They will never understand their selfishness because they have bought into every 'me me me' philosophy the New Age has thrown at them. Many of them of them, as my senior, should be able to guide, but I would not give them a dog for a day to teach.
theblacksashman 1 month ago
Aikido bliss ninnies are such typical passive aggressives, talentless and completely feckless. If Ueshiba himself was to show up in their dojo they would recite a load of wanky retentive New Age platitudes. Does anyone still think Ueshiba developed a martial body which until nearly his last days looked like he could steel your wife by reading 'Men are from Mars?'. No, but now those who have done just about that martial training wise will claim his abilities.
theblacksashman 1 month ago
people that don't understand will never understand unless they practice the art and find a way within themselves to understand what makes a man like this see value in what the art is and how it makes you over time as you slowly learn and get better more proficient at other things with your mind and your body that is impossible to relate to anybody who does not practice the arts to find that inner perfection he is talking about even 20 percent teaches you to look for and thirst for the rest.
billslusser 1 month ago
MASTER ROSHI GOKU NEEDS YOUR HELP!
MegaHayhayhayhay 2 months ago
All hail Roshi,the turtle hermit.
TorchOfHeraclitus 2 months ago
OK, I'm guessing BLACKSASHMAN has some kind of mental disorder. He sounds like a prisoner I was guarding at a mental hospital.
MrAnguloA 3 months ago
Jesus said 'For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb' so getting the crucifix out whenever you see the rainbow flag is sad indeed, but that there are so many of these 'eunuchs' in New Age martial arts should raise an eyebrow.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
That Aikido is all fart with no poo is not really a revelation either, that the testosterone depleted New Age prefers rhetoric and sugar coating over any substance is hardly surprising (anything less and you are a meanie of sorts). As long as you have a New Age buddy tonguing your ear or patting your back you will want to stay where you are. It is suggested that those who do so will find this increasingly uncomfortable. Cowardice, 'Partaking in the sins' and self deception are not easy.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
@theblacksashman
Did you ever experienced Iwama Ryu or/and Yoshinkan Aikido?
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theblacksashman 3 months ago
We may also recognise that simple farmers excelling in Budo over thier desk bound counterparts is hardly a revelation. That these men and women had a more developed bodily life rather than jerking off into thier own brains (although from a Daoist perspective this is not a bad thing). Some cerebrum bound New Agers may be surprised to find they even have a body, the cosmos right under thier nose. The guy who wakes up, hears the birds then lifts some logs, easier for him.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
We sometimes forget that the Asian martial writings and artists can be geared to send people of the scent and (dare I say it) particularly those of caucasian denomination. Piddle taking of the white man is as old as the hills as anyone who has got there arse of blighty will know. Why not? The 'root races' may be galaxies apart in some ways, but with much to share, you think there won't be some hardball played? Luckily more and more people are becoming educated.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
If your IS training makes you more stable, more mindful of bodily processes etc how can that not be useful for sports? It may be a question of relativity and (yuck) purity in that there will always be those who take parts of a good concept and use it to run up a hill as much as those who will become bearers of a system in all its aspects, this is what I respect about the Asian systems. Both types of people are required and ok.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
The IP/sports debate is one which may one day be more a point of interest than conflict. If you subscribe to any special interest sports publications (and anorak retailers) you will know that these concepts as well as the sometimes parallel 'spirituality' are unambiguously present, it cannot be otherwise. There are many commentators on the classics who say this power is 'different' from sports as those who say it is applicable to the sports arena.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
We can often 'know' someone at a glance, like those who wear braids and hats without understanding of thier significance or who ask us to suspend all our knowledge and drink the wine of thier naivety. These may not be snakes with nasty, venemous fangs, but they are snakes nonetheless. Theirs is the sin of bromide, oversimplification and hubris whether they talk spirituality, MA or politics, those seeking the straight gate should avoid this honey tongued harlot lest we lose our virtue.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
It is not that those of us who have done our morning asanas and said our Hare Krishnas will not overcome this situation by extending the aura of a big, fuzzy teddy bear, so you can share the next round remembering your past lives when you gave him a spot of bother. It happens all the time. But having the 'iron wrapped in cotton' or the unclouded martial mind or 'I know you, you do not know me' is required too. New Age mental masterbation teaches neither the above, it wasn't designed for that.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
The insights that Ueshiba had should be common sense to some degree. If a real threat exists not caused by the law of attraction (yes this exists although it is not ABC simple, and I would suggest New Age frauds are the most likely to 'create' this type of 'fight senario' by obsessing about it). Then it is not hard to divine our 'assailant' is in dukkha. He no doubt is our human cousin whose soul came down into this particular 'matrix' as did ours and now stands in front of us sotted and soaked.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
The same goes for 'apply Aiki New warrior principles to your life' which seems to have a very pop psychology/self help sense to it. You want to like these things but they don't cut it next other methods (which Ueshiba encouraged reading/thinking for oneself about). I assume this kind of thing will be flushed out as people become more educated. How do you know you are in a cult? It claims to do everything yet secretly it turns you into the cliche spouting lizard man. Its all good. I would say.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
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theblacksashman 3 months ago
On the flip side, those New Agers who go red in the face and weave intricate stories about themselves are often an even sorrier breed;pacifists who will break your limbs off with ease (in thier minds only note), remember kokoro/shin, if Ueshiba said there needs to be a certain gentleness and sensitivity of kokoro and mind he was not saying anything new, or for wishy washy reasons, it is a practical thing also for power generation. Babylon twists everything, it is truly vile.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
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theblacksashman 3 months ago
Sadly, when you look at the state of things and what stands for men and women of Bu these days, it would seem those of Deguchis ilk have succeeded to the point we may not even know our instincts for self preservation and of those we love any more. Thanks for that New Age, I guess. (Clue for New Age, get em young with that aikiPC think, we must not waste time producing a generation of the exceedingly effete next, cheers)
theblacksashman 3 months ago
It may help to remember also that the pacifist agenda of this New Age MA has its roots in toxic, criminally connected 'paramilitary' sects (no hypocricy there) with not grandiose claims of its mission from God to destroy those naughty martial 'techniques of destruction' . Thus those learning how to strike pads with the force of a connected body are on the slippery slope. This today, street gangs, fights, selling ones body tomorrow and certainly, no entry into the kingdom of Maitreya.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
If Ueshiba is, at least partially, the 'good guy' in the narrative, then New Agers would do much better serving his cause by learning as he did. We are lucky in that the techs, the IP work, the qigongs, the meditations, the Shamanism are 'out there' in both 'real' and New Age form, discernment is imperative, and turning to our 'inner tuition' should help us discern. The narcissists of the New Age worshipping at the temple of thier own egos may never hear this part of themselves.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
Even Ueshiba himself was a bit of a sell out mystic. It would be like if Jesus had decided that the Romans had better wine, more shiney vestements and prettier women mid way through the sermon on the mount. Hard to complain that your precious invention has turned into New Age crap when you spend half your life hobnobbing with the serpentine harlots of the New Age.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
New Agers are spirtual frauds, voyers, perverts even. Academics can be like this, those who have travelled the world to stand next to someone with a notebook for years at a time, only to return home to write a reductive peice of quasi orientalist trash. If academics can do this, think what the naive, well intentioned baby boomers who were more Cheech and Chong than Ki and Chi, achieved when they went to exploit the continued pulling back of the silk curtain in Ueshibas era.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
Joseph Cambell and others of his ilk describe a psychological impase which some people undergo where acceptance of an 'unseen' dimension becomes paramount to ones existence, look at Ueshibas language;'the plum flower that blossoms once in three spiritual worlds'.'rock door of 'heaven,'the dance of the gods as they stand on the floating bridge of heaven'. This is the language of a mystic, the higher levels of the IP canon.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
I am not taking away from the excellent work of IP practitioners as the skills you learn here set you up. Without a mind that can penetrate the subtle physical body, how can you penetrate the energetic body, without devoloped Yi (Attention and intention/intentionality) how can you enter deeper states of concentration and mind needed for the 'spiritual' work?
theblacksashman 3 months ago
New Agers will be typically reductive when addressing Ueshiba/IP. If what Ueshiba was doing falls withing the 'internal' canon, it really depends which part of that canon you are discussing. Think the 'three treasures'. Most Aiki people now are trying to reinstate one (ever so important) level of 'internals' i.e becoming aware of the subtle internal structures of body, dinguishing mind from ki, learning stillness etc.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
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theblacksashman 3 months ago
This is why we should mistrust the excitable 'silver bullet' mentality of the New Age. The old literature smacks more of being gourmands or connoisseurs for want of much better terms. 'practice xyz will create a lively spirit and bright eyes' rather than 'worship this, be enlightened'. This is not to say there are not 'Big nadi opening, paridigm shifting' things but even great masters learn to appreciate the subtle things, with the attitude of appreciation and 'testing the spirtis'.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
'Four virtues' is a good concept because this gives every moment the chance to practice. There are so many fancy pants skills in martial arts such as running energy through certain orbits for health/the benefit of the missus, developing a body that is weird to the average MA'ist, developing mental clarity, really the tao is more inclusive than the dour New Age, peoples focus can be on one of these areas (martial, health etc) by personal choice, but we can all become aware of all three areas.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
'Energy Skills' in Asian literature exist in such compendinious, detailed and numerlogically categorised form it seems we need several lifetimes just to get off the first page. How does it all fit together? There may be wisdom in this 'chunking down' of the tao, universe etc. It can be helpful to divide practice into the martial, health and spiritual, to contemplate the four virtues (lying, sitting, standing, walking) even if there is a great deal of connection between them.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
Finding out you have missed something or have been told lies is not nice, maybe the correct or at leat the most 'human' emotion would be some form of anger, although there may be some thought crime against that. New Agers may have believed in lies, or set themselves up as authorities and lead people into the martial and spiritual wilderness. There may be various feelings about that, or about losing that. Either way shunning truth will prolong the problem.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
Would it be:
-How the New Age Aikido is right because it is.
-How training exactly as before will transform your practice.
-How only Ueshiba ever had the mad skills (which have something to do with loveKi waves).
-When Ueshiba was imbued with the golden Maitreya rays he had some indistinguishable power which I can't distinguish (something to do with LoveKi)
-How Deguchi (and modern Aikido) is NOT pushing any agenda, honest.
-Look at me, I have nice pants.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
What we can know is those teaching internal stuffs are able to teach across martial borders, providing skills that are useable, and can transform martial practice, imbuing it with a kind of power that baffles some, impresses others, that wouldn't be related to the power that impressed all kinds of martial artists in Ueshiba's heyday? Nooo of course not. I would personally like to envisage a seminar offered from one of the detractors if they are so unconvinced, what would be the core teachings?
theblacksashman 3 months ago
The exercise below promotes spinal awareness and posture so important in Zazen but this is not saying we stand bowler hat and pennyfarthing style when performing waza. The spine is classically called one of the 'bows' not the immovable jade stalk. This clarification may be important incase anyone likes thier strawmen a little bit too much.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
*This linguistic correction is worth making as 'tongue on palate' or 'building the magpie bridge' if you like the imaginative side, engenders connection of GV/CV. GV-26 is a good point to know in Seiza for the reasons mentioned.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
*classcally GV 26 is near the end/intersection of the Govenor/Du Meridian, (CV 24 and Hui Yin are the intersections), hence (GV) Du Mai 26.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
If the mind feels too stimulated bring the attention to the sensation of the breath at the belly and seiko no tanden, if it hepls literally move the inner gaze of your eyes to these points. Expand your awareness to posture if you lose the breath. Allow a sense of inner calm to pervade. If the practice becomes 'dry' gently intone one of the sounds of the kotodama or one of the names of the Kami, be respectful of these things as they have power. This is one 'spiritual' method to compliment IT.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
Bring your mind to GV-26 (above top lip) on the Ren Meridian line, this helps a sluggish mind and at the same time you can be aware of the subtle breath sensations at the nose. Tongue lightly on the top of the mouth palate, swallow saliva to cool and bring the mind inwards. Imagine a lotus flower with a straight stem to keep posture but do not be fixated by the image. Count from one to ten at the breath, make the breath steady, smooth and silent. If the mind wonders come back to the breath.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
People who think those espousing internal methods are 'anti-religious' are missing the point. These people are trying to infuse the meaning back into the emply form of the New Age. Take for example the most basic thing;seiza. Instaed of gawping ouwards at the funny looking people in the class, Why not use this as a chance of turning inward? Soften the gaze, mind track from the head to the toes, relaxing muscles, nerves, everything, become aware of the spine, gently pull crown up, chin tucked in
theblacksashman 3 months ago
It is hard to understand New Agers in as much as there is no shame that Ueshiba based his art on the profound Japanese and Chinese classic methods of power (they are not really methods but observances of the nature of things). I may not be saying anything new that Modern Aikido(tm) is not what Ueshiba was doing, but that so many 'historians' avoid the fact that New Age Aikido is rooted in something base, vile and aganda riddled, is worth noting.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
To clarify, Ueshiba may have borrowed from Shinto mythology when he spoke in terms such as Ame-no-ukihashi; Axis mundi is a core concept in many esoteric systems . 'Wuji' is a central tenant of IP, which New Agers may glibly call 'center' (they call everything center) . The important thing is that a person can manifest 'wuji' in physical practice. Ueshiba may have seen his practice in shamanic/imaginative terms at times, but you can you bet he understood the physical/energetic side first.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
*forces within the body/universe (in as much these writings often point to the holism/holographic nature of things).
theblacksashman 3 months ago
*There is also the definite posibility that whatever Ueshiba said fell on deaf ears as most people were already 'drunk' on the sins of the New Age 'harlot' and, the 'intoxication' of every 'unclean bird', shallow dance forms and buzzword with no meaning. If this 'Biblical' language is dramatic, I suppose it is deliberately so, as the intentions of the New Age are no joke. The point remains to 'come out of her' (the false practices of the New Age) and join those who have more integrity.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
These concepts are very deep, but Ueshiba was almost certainly just jibber jabbering when he spoke of them, or he may have understood them to a degree. This is how 'Babylon' gets to be so strong, because it operates on secrecy/code. Although Axis Mundi and other esoteric symbolism certainly will have informed Ueshibas thinking, it is important to understand Yi/intentionality as this how to understand 'Ki/Qi' at 'man' level.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
For example if you translate Ueshibas writings on martial arts, the internal power stuff will be infused with Shinto and Neo Shinto concepts which may or may not be interesting to an Ueshibian. Shinto is still 'Babylon' which is why its 'creation myths' and language are so codified. For example Ame-no-ukihashi and Ame-no-mihashira likely refer to the Sushumna and Axis Mundi found in various old traditions and Izanagi and Izanami will be ida, pingala and other In/Yo forces within the body.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
Remember even the best martial artist are not necessarily mystics. Ueshiba is a bit overrated as a mystic for so many reasons (not least his complete inability to teach anything and his that he signed his soul away to old beelzebub). We live in strange times, vibrationaly at least..puff, puff...man, so I believe many people will be popping up who can reclaim, build on and even usurp Ueshiba and certainly shitty old Babylon, you would be a fool not to learn from them.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
*kokoro. A linguist will know that these things exist with less mystical attatchments in the average Japanese consciousness beacause they feature so heavily in the ideographic and conceptual framework of the language. The study of IT thus hands back the nomenclature which Ueshiba would be familiar with. i.e. 'kokoro/xin' and 'Yi/I' which can mean say, attention, heart/, mind or intentionality explains how an attackers intentionality and volition is transformed by your trained yi/intent.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
Indeed people into esoterica will tell you that words/sounds/morphemes/symbols in combinations spake in special ways have a vibrational impact on reality, while I personally think this is quite basic esoterica, (all of the natural world has a kind of song, language at NOR level..puff, pufff..man) it is true. But back to IT, this is why concepts such as kokuru (heart), I (intention), Ki (Ether) makes much more sense to a japanologist or IT person than the opining New Ager.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
*There is no special code in the typos below I should add. Sensitivity to language is always important and arguably we should be able to observe with both hemispheres of the brain and from a still point of observation. This is all within the IT canon as ideas such as 'a feather cannot be added, a fly not alight' (yes this is a saying but you contemplate its meaning) suggests a sensitivity and gentleness of mind/yi/I. Completely different to the overcooked New Age nonsense you see these days.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
Note, I am not being sacreligious, I have no problem with any of these 'prophets' , 'trancendental literature' etc we are beings of light with potential for darkness, that some beings had access to large realms of light at the narrow gate doesnt concern me. Indeed, many of these literatures speak of Babylonian manipulation overtly, in codified language or in literal code, Jesus said 'I never knew you', Ueshiba said 'this is not my Aikido': draw your own conclusions.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
Loyalty to the modern/centralised New Age Aikido(which oddly enough is about the process of worshiping/'hosting' negative entities-and many people feel a 'conection' to Mystery Babylonian spirituality as it is old indeed) is Stockholm syndrome at its best and it erodes any real study of power in Martial Arts as well as humanity in general. Cowering behind Newspeak, double entendres and denial only prolongs the New Age spiritual paucity.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
The real irony lies in the fact that so many of these New Age warriors who like thier Hollywood heroes constantly pontificate over thier developed sixth sense in snuffing out crime and evil are doing the bidding for the ultimate 'baddie' . If there is a sinister agender behind the New Age (there is, and indeed esoterically 'brainwashed' is close to the phrase 'spellbound'), then your cowardice and support of agendas will have huge personal and collective reverberations if you don't wake up.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
We may also ask why is so much Aikido more Ghyslain Raza than effective waza especially in those who constantly delineate martial concepts (i.e. Aiki) in thier own platitudinous, whimsical New Age forms, eshewing thier own founders (quite manifest) emphasis on physical development.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
It should be noted what I am saying is not mearly approbriated, although many people who research will say similar things. I have said many times, why in meditation do we sharpen the arrow of consciousness against the grindstone of breath? What are morphogenetic fields? Do teh real mystics(tm) really rely on guesswork like bromidic New Agers or is there a more subtle process at work?
theblacksashman 3 months ago
Indeed blowing smoke up the Ego is as old being exiled from Egypt, whether you are the chosen child of sion, have the last (and thus best) prophet PBUH or follow the special brotherhood of esoterically powered pantalons, humans will fall for this ego rubbing time and time again, experiencing the separation and perhaps superiority to every gentile, infidel and ingnoramous of more humble pant tendancies. They are all waiting for mashiach, al mahadi, messiah anyway so what is the problem?
theblacksashman 3 months ago
The average caucasian may be very good at postmodern deconstuctions of the 'old religions' of Ibrahim, noting the gaudy, gilded regalia, the pomp and ceremony and blessings confired or offered as transubstantiation by intermedieries pulling thier cloth between god and the lowly man. The more sedulous may descry these traditions and accoutements as hidden 'Babylon' in plain site. But rarely do we note the this phenomenon when the mantle is upon the sagacious Aisan and his au courant religosity.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
New Agers should try to avoid the use of logical fallacies when bloviating about Aikido. 'xyz is true because Ueshiba said it' , 'Only those in Aikido can comment on Aikido because they do Aikido', 'If I don't understand something it is because it is not understandable' etc. You may as well stick your fingers in your ears. Aikido as a New Age cult is epistemologically knowable by research but we can know it by the 'fruit' of mendacity, fraudulence, lost souls expressed in 'scintillating' bowls.
theblacksashman 3 months ago
O'SENSEI ARRIGATO GOZAIMASHITA !
to the ignorant few : do not judge what u do not kno .
panheaddan1 3 months ago in playlist Aikido
He reminds me of Yoda!
Tetrodioxide 4 months ago
lol "My body is really attractive when i take my clothes off" xD
Good sense of humor. A legend too of course.
Was it this man Steven Seagal`s sensei? o_o
Pumpsoul 5 months ago
@Pumpsoul seagals a fatass actor who talked shit to van damme than ran away when he was challenged, and van damme is a joke. considering he might be the best aikido guy today thats sad. from what this guys saying he might have alzheimers or w.e its called, and people are listening to what he says serious lol. classic aikido
dukeslaps 5 months ago
I had no idea Ōsensei had this kind of humor in him. I'm glad to know that...
Junjokar 6 months ago
Those who want exactly the IT methods Ueshiba had (for whatever reson) should at least be aware of (IMO) the huge amount of IMA knowledge acessable to him due to connections/location/enthusiasm etc, and they should not be shy of the potential connection to 'Chinese' classics/knowledge etc. Of course, if worshipping the Messiah is your bag...
theblacksashman 6 months ago
Also, IT people who bicker (common) should realise that an IT person is like a kind of 'advanced' PT instructor, some may be good at getting shredded abs, others bulging lats (sorry to those who want an esoteric anology). Case in point 'Yi Quan' great for connectivity/structure, not so much yi/qi, RMA, good for breath/movement, less for stillness/movement.Bagua, evasive spirals, less for punishing fajing i.e everyone has something to bring to the table.
theblacksashman 6 months ago
This is a bit unfair 'light beings' is what we are (w/p duality blah blah). 'simians':nope. Regarding the New Age moving us towards expressing this 'light', I don't think being part of the world messianic network of peace brotherhood blah blah is for that. Learning to connect the body with IT methods, repairing the 'light body' damage done by New Age rubbish, using yi and imagination (discriminately: i.e try colours at the dantian(s)), eventually the energy body will connect on many levels.
theblacksashman 6 months ago
pure spam o_o
mgdani777 7 months ago
Or how the shaman say we are 'of another dimension or another world all together while others (or even the same person) claim we are baboons barely mitosed from our primitive state and why confused New Agers try to make all this fit what D H Lawrence called a fashionable spiritual scientific vision of reality. Most New Agers are not mystics, they are not even martial artists, they are essentially fakes in a world where Set can sit on the highest zafu and you will bow.
theblacksashman 7 months ago
Or what about the ontology of existance, the foundation of centuries old modern science on older forms of knowledge which may transcend any one 'dimension' in a 'multiverse' all together. And when we throw around confused ideas that we may be 'light beings' or children of the kami' as evidenced the twinkle in the eye of the babe new born forgetting the basal brain, which can be harnessed for such evil means.
theblacksashman 7 months ago
Or why those witth braids and beads and hats who throw around New Age concepts like 'center' indiscriminatley (do we mean the Hara/earth as centre, the heart/Middle Dantian or the Spititual 'eye'/upper Dantian remembering the 'ancients' knew about all three-Heaven, Man, Earth), what about the spine, the K1 points, the Laogong, Bai Hui the entirety of IMA philosophy all potential areas for focus of mind.
theblacksashman 7 months ago
Or why the classics describe relaxed, dropped elbows being an important component of 'sung' in a connected body (and how one can brake this and other rules once you understand them, as many arts in CMA, RMA and JMA do) Or why the yi/mind is a seperate discipline to the 'imagination' (on which entire 'spiritual' disciplines are built) and why very few 'Jedi' frauds can explain the difference
theblacksashman 7 months ago
Actually, spiralling the hara is a touch misleading, the main point is that the movement of hara (in a connected, conditioned body) on the axial (and sagittal) plane affect the forces/energies/jin in the body. If you wanted to generate spirals and vortices in water you would stir and move it in circular directions (hence why the Daoists observed nature, as above so below etc. The same is true of the creating certain forces within the 'Chi body'.
theblacksashman 7 months ago
I read the first lines of blacksashman's comments and I was bored out of my mind. gosh ...o_o
mgdani777 7 months ago
@mgdani777 Thats why you will never learn anything with such attention deficit problems. Grow up please. If some of these ideas (coiling jin, moving part to move a whole) sound quaint or easy, then clearly there is much mind, conditioning, connection, balance, alignment, stillness, awareness etc etc to it (but that has been discussed). None of this will you find in any New Age version of an art, obviously.
theblacksashman 7 months ago
@theblacksashman pffhahahahahhaha I find it ironic how you are telling me to grow up. You are hilarious!
mgdani777 7 months ago
@mgdani777 If you are going to reply with such non sequitur, obtuse flim flam, why even bother? Aikido, like every other New Age creation is a form of fraudulence. New Aers may have the ponytails, the nice clothes, they may have even studied some 'Eastern' ideas but very few, none in fact, are willing to actually look deeply at, well, anything. It is like the old Buddhist question 'who am I' which if contemplated in stillness may give you a sense of the 'consciousness' that you are.
theblacksashman 7 months ago
very entertaining response. morihei ueshiba is quite brief and appreciative, really unlike this black sashman.
yunodira 7 months ago
Really this may matter not. People may debate about when 'Ueshiba's Aikdo' became Modern, New Age Aikido. The truth is the 'New Age' probably both propelled and held back Ueshiba at various times in his life. Many people do not want to look at what the 'New Age' is but it would seem, ultimately it 'won', which we may reasonably conclude Ueshiba would have been disillusioned by.
theblacksashman 7 months ago
Slightly tangential, without delving into orientalism, it is true that concepts such as 'essence', 'being' and 'quality' are more 'normalised' in some Asian countries (in these parts we have Pirsig, Gladwell, Watts et al to 'teach' us these things) Because of his cultural background and of course some talent, it is possible Ueshiba would have been able to take the essence of whichever system he saw (more than most people think IMO) and take it in a direction to his favour
theblacksashman 7 months ago
It should be stated I do not believe 'spiraling jin' is the perogative of one art. Indeed it matters less excatly where Ueshiba got these things, good IMA people will tend to agree on many principles; Aiki no in yo ho, bai bu kou bu, sunk sacrum, kua, the dynamic 'holon' of hara (spiral the part to spiral the whole) etc, over differences. Certainly the topic of Daito Ryu's connection to a wider shpere of classical 'Asian' IMA knowledge (including 5 elements, Yin Yang etc) is not insignificant.
theblacksashman 7 months ago
Note, ppl may repine about notions of cross pollination (a la Goju Ryu) in spite of its perenniality through antiquity. Any 'Japonification' usually involves certain obviations and modifications according to cultural proclivities. Ueshibas appropriation of another 'IMA engine' intimates not of 'some skinny guy spinning around on youtube' but of the old stillness/movement school, maintaing ten chi jin, moving the tanden through various elliptical, spiralling internal forms and circumabulations.
theblacksashman 7 months ago
In spite of this, most New Agers are not 'bad' people, just brainwashed with strong ideals following others who are brainwashed with strong ideals. This is why I think those teaching the 'body skills' that Ueshiba practiced but couldn't convey do a good thing because it gets behind the 'foreground noise' of 'styles' whilst still respecting 'styles'. This is closer to Ueshiba's initial goal of 'bringing people together' than under the faux banner of One pacifist Loveki martial art for One World.
theblacksashman 7 months ago
Just because Ueshiba was a visionary, good at stealing techniques and merging arts, doesnt mean Aikido is good, because all evidence suggests that as a New Age icon he did everything his mentors told him to, including turning 'Aikido' into another pacifistic art for public consumption leading people into a so called New Age, which cursory research shows is happening. Real MA should circulate amongst 'the people(tm)', not these crummy world Budo peace brotherhood scams which Ueshiba followed.
theblacksashman 7 months ago
It is like in the 60's when hippies were 'tripping out' for shits and giggles, whereas any real practice involving entering into non ordinary states involves care and attention. I am not extremely 'traditional', but people who teach stuff like developing martial power should at least be aware of delusions/pitfalls etc. This is not to become some bore or paranoid or whatever. In fact the New Age basically relies on peoples ignorance (its 'engine' is 'demonic') but that is another story.
theblacksashman 7 months ago
In the New Age many of those misdirecting, nonsensical 'squiggles' are placed into the mix by design, but even in IMA groups (which you claim to be part of) the idea that the teacher definately 'knows thier stuff' couldn't be further from the truth. Anything from 'limp noodle types' through to 'Chi jerks' all exists, in part I think due to this 'cultural disconnect'. Actually I would say most IMA ppl suffer from some form of delusion or chi related psychosis.
theblacksashman 7 months ago
Slightly off topic, but there tends to be a kind of 'cultural dissconnect' when discussing East/West ideas(it is like a cartoon I saw called 'How Asians and Westerners do business' with dozens of squiggly lines between the Asian characters and one single line between the Western characters'. In defence of the 'Asian' model there is a lot there in those 'squiggles', but no doubt some old, difficult customs and just plain BS 'squiggles' sneak in there.
theblacksashman 7 months ago
The clue is in the form/xing of Aikido, in order to create spiraling forces that Ueshiba had you must have a practice that moves the hara/body stricture through many circular/spiraling/vortex type IT practices (which you are familiar with if you are not BS'ing). I can't be bothered to dissect Aikido bit by bit but however you look at it Aikidos 'shape' footwork/palms etc it suggests an art which had its 'engine' not 'revamped' but 'merged' with another(s) (which is innovative perhaps).
theblacksashman 7 months ago
In Aikido in particular we can say that DR is an 'Aiki' art and debatably even this art probably has its roots in classical 'Chinese' Internal ideas. But what ppl wonder is how Ueshibas art suddenly went from a DR 'Aiki engine' to an 'engine' with many coiling/spiraling/leading 'jin/forces' not known in DR. A man, a proud Japanese man who said 'steal thier tequnique' , would have done just that (to the art you profess to study, as well as others).
theblacksashman 7 months ago
What a hilarious guy haha so joyful
drzip1993 8 months ago
hope the world see another one like you.
250ebi 9 months ago
Master of Chi Powa
elfanel 9 months ago
This does not mean Aikido is any good because ol' Croc (of shit) Deguchi pretty quickly turned Aikido in to the Messiannic Jive Church of Pacifistic Ueshiba Worship, which New Agers clamour around even till today, oft unclear of why they do it (something vague about 'something great', no New Ager really knows, but they are convinced it is very very 'Great', maybe they will see an aura, some spinning couloured circles,some Chi, they just don't kn...aaaaaaah blissss)
theblacksashman 1 year ago
@theblacksashman do not judge if you have not experienced it yourself
teslic100 8 months ago
I'll bite. Bagua almost certainly features in Aikido whatever anyone says. Oomoto may be a pile of New Age BS but it is/was also 'connected'. The 'jewel in Ueshiba's crown' is thought to be his IP and his multiple opponents work, but Asia (and I will include E Slavic regions, Tibet, Nepal, India. S.E Asia etc) is pretty big with many systems more sophisticated than Aikido. By royal decree, Ueshiba would have had access to people the average dumpling eating scum would not.
theblacksashman 1 year ago
@theblacksashman I've trained in Bagua for multiple years and one thing I've noticed is that ALL martial arts have a connection in some way. It may be Bagua to some, Kung-Fu to others, you do not embody the spirit of your martial art sir. With respect, Martial Arts isn't really about beating the crap out of someone or arguing about who is right or wrong, New Age vs Old Age BS you talk about, it's about bettering ones self and Spirit. Please, enough of your crusade against Morihei Ueshiba
GeneralArrow 8 months ago
@GeneralArrow I think the point is that the Aikido ppl not involved in outright worship of messiah Ueshiba want to know how his art went from being something Daito Ryu in nature to something even more 'Aiki-fied' with an emphasis on 'love thy neighbour' philosophy. You are correct that certainly their are 'connections' between arts (Gojo Ryu Karate to Bai He Gongfu an easy example). I am no Sinophile but we do need to look at the antecedent nature of one culture over another.
theblacksashman 7 months ago
You may well be right about the Bagua thing, controversial topic, he was in Manchuria for quite some time( try walking some Tang ni bu, that would clarify your theory-Ueshiba lied about most things-he would never steal the palms/certain IP dynamics from Bagua to further mystify middle class whites would he?) This theory is not as controversial as Ueshiba's (Luciferian) cultism, which you are definitely wrong about. Plenty of light in the room, cheers.
theblacksashman 1 year ago
Well, if you want to understand Aikido you really have to delve in to the fact that Ueshiba was guided by (luciferian) NWO cultist philosophy, whilst understanding something of 'martial energetics' (you can see this in the Aiki age/shape). Anyone who knows 'energy work' knows it can be used for good or bad. The so called Aikido 'historians' don't tell you this, some out of ignorance, others are putting on a façade.
theblacksashman 1 year ago
A Life in Aikido: The Biography of Founder Morihei Ueshiba -this is the official biography straight from his son. O sensei many times thrroughout his life would say "For people to truly understand Aikido they would need to know my life story." I've just started reading this book at Barnes and Noble.It is pertinent for one to read-It not only dispels the doubt his skills were staged but is a requirement for any interested in aikido.
9to5D 1 year ago
The classic text, Reikai Monogatari, if it doesn't make you bleed from the eyes reading it, includes great excerpts of the 'monster' Deuchi and Ueshiba, following planet Venus across grassy plains to establish thier Kingdom of Maitreya. It really is an expertly crafted load of Aquarian Age twaddle (if you at all understand aquarian symbolism).
blacksashman 1 year ago
Satanic New age, get some fire in your belly.
blacksashman 1 year ago
Ketsan and athanasiadis, you two would make a great puppet show, who wants to be Punch and who wants to be Judy?
blacksashman 1 year ago
@cwkinser ARE YOU SPAMMERS ORGANIZED OR WHAT?!
athanasiadis24 1 year ago
@athanasiadis24 Maybe they're trying to save us from our satanic ways? Well they can go to hell.
ketsan 1 year ago
@ketsan Blacksashman is out of control dude, he posted the same message in like 20 videos.
athanasiadis24 1 year ago
@athanasiadis24 I know. Our evil plans for world domination are in danger of being revealed to the unsuspecting masses! We must eliminate him! Or brain wash him like we did to that Segal dude.
ketsan 1 year ago
@ketsan We'll get him to die by "cerebral edema caused by a strong allergy to Equagesic"...Just like back in 1973...Good times...
athanasiadis24 1 year ago
@athanasiadis24 '73 was a classic year. I thought the '63 job was good, but '73, I thought, totally topped it.
ketsan 1 year ago
@ketsan What did we do back in '63?...I forget, so many glorious events...
athanasiadis24 1 year ago
@athanasiadis24 It was a busy year, but I think the Kennedy job stands out. Not the best one ever mind you but no-one suspects we did it! Ooh, have you heard? We're going after the pope next year. Things are getting so busy these days, I mean planning all the "terrorist" attacks, carrying them out, fabricating evidence, collapsing the global economy. I hardly have time to train!
ketsan 1 year ago
@ketsan Oh yeah the Kennedy one...That was cool...I think 911 was the TRUE masterpiece. Oh, what about the earthquake in Chile? Marvelous work!
There's so much goin' on...Currently I'm writing Obama's speech so that every phrase of his can sound like worshiping the great horned one if played backwards.
What have you been up to?
athanasiadis24 1 year ago
Apparently you are unaware of the Satanic New Age deception of which Aikido is a part. Don't worry, you are currently in the majority.
blacksashman 1 year ago
Satanic New Age Maitreya worship rears its ugly head in the Martial arts world. See 'Ueshiba Archmage' and wakey wakey.
blacksashman 1 year ago
@blacksashman Huh?
sword0saint 1 year ago
@sword0saint Don't fall for blacksashman's shit he's a spammer. If you ask him "why" he's gonna start answering with riddles and examples that only an "awakened one" or an "enceptional mind" like himself (yes he has said both) can possibly perceive. We're just too stupid for him, don't you get it?
athanasiadis24 1 year ago
@athanasiadis24 Hahahahaha!!! Very nice. Thanks a lot for enlightening me!
sword0saint 1 year ago
@blacksashman Oh no, our evil plans for world domination with our art that no-one believes works have been discovered!
ketsan 1 year ago
@cwkinser Now this is a curious statement. Please send me a message and explain a little deeper. I would genuinely like to understand what you mean. Thanks.
skrimpshidy 1 year ago
@cwkinser how are you sure??
ThePaultergeist 1 year ago
I wonder how he was carrying that 1200 pounds he claims. I'm sure it's not impossible, but the world record squat and deadlift at his weight isn't anywhere near what he claims. To be able to carry 7 times your body weight is unheard by any strength competitor.
Entropy137 1 year ago
@Entropy137 Well he said carry not lift. Carry is lifting it 1 cm away from the floor.
athanasiadis24 1 year ago
@Entropy137 - I heard a story related that once a visitor went to Master Ueshiba's home when he was around 80. there was a large stone in the yard weighing near half a ton. Using simple leverage with ki he moved it without breaking a sweat. or another way of thinking of it - a car weighs 3000 pounds, but rolls around on a combined surface area of less than a square foot. ever pushed a car with a dead engine? it's not that hard once you get it rolling. think of the wheel as your ki force
herskovicmd 1 year ago
@Entropy137 - additionally, Aikido, as any true form is, whether martial, art, or practical is completely removed from the sphere of competition. You won't find AIkido in the Olympics and you never will. the idea of competition is a limiting factor, since there is a goal involved, namely beating the 'other'. Aikido is not at all concerned about beating anybody, but integrating movement with spirit. As one translation holds - "Ai" love "ki" energy "do" way. So it is way of energy through love.
herskovicmd 1 year ago
the True Master and the greatest teacher in history! R.I.P
TheEpicus666 1 year ago
Great interview. I never thought he would be so humourous.
GingerOreo 1 year ago
Awesome !
mavin174 1 year ago
Remember I was here.Thai
universetechnique 1 year ago
This man is hilarious. I had to laugh at the end. What a treat it would have been to train with him or to be his grandchild. I thought he would have been glum and boring, but I wonderfully surprised by his humility, honesty and lighthearted interview.
taleeni 2 years ago
haha, o-sensei is really funny :)
Devoti 2 years ago
I wish I were blessed with the chance to train with him...man he is needed in the world today
XMK96825 2 years ago 44
@XMK96825 Great Japanese dancing. I'm a professional dancer and would love to learn this style of dancing.
salishaw 1 year ago
@salishaw you realize my comment was from 6 months ago yet you replied...
XMK96825 1 year ago
@XMK96825 The man that's teaching me (my history teacher) has trained with some people who trained with him, so that's pretty close. I believe if you look you can find some people who trained with him.
hyru913 1 year ago
@hyru913 actually the teacher of my teacher trained under one of O-sensei's students..I forget the name but he was one of the ones that came to Hawaii to help spread the art..I'm sure it started with a T
XMK96825 1 year ago
he's a funny guy :) but there are better paths anyway to walk on. But he sure is a sympa person! I would say his optimism kept him allright :)
DiScuppa 2 years ago
HUMBLE AND WISE WITH A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR . A REAL MASTER NOTICE HE IS LIKE Aikido, NOT OVERPOWERING BUT POWERFUL
jahzeal 2 years ago 2
@jahzeal Please turn caps lock off, makes it seem like you're yelling. No offense.
hyru913 1 year ago
I find that its really interesting to talk to the really old masters who really mastered something, and those who founded an art. (NOt the jokers today) You all know what I am talking about. THose old guys that really knew what they were talking about, and what they were doing. True masters.
MrRobHere 2 years ago
Thank You for this video Marcoshary.
It's hard to find materials such as this one - to actually experience and feel for yourself a true spirit of Aikido.
To be self aware, dedicated to own path, and relaxed for keeping sense of humor (and distance for thyself) .
Greetings from Poland.
mortimus665 2 years ago 2
1200 pounds??? 540 kilograms o_Ô'
geneosis 2 years ago
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wow, i never knew he was monkey, i love this video, give him some bananas for being a funny monkey...
salishaw 2 years ago
@salishaw Respect and be respected.
hyru913 1 year ago