The Spiritual Foundations of Aikido Book by William Gleason Vulkan Spider Guard to Triangle

Spider Guard to Triangle

Jikishinkage Ryu Naginatajutsu

Chudan Tsuki (Middle-level Thrust)

inheriting the techniques and spirit of Issei Uechi and Sankichi Uehara

The Spiritual Foundations of Aikido Book by William Gleason Vulkan Spider Guard to TriangleMorihei Ueshiba, who founded Aikido early in this century, intended that his martial art would give form to profound spiritual truth, and lead to a unification of the world's peoples. He saw Aikido not as a fighting method or as a competitive sport but rather as a means of becoming one with the laws of universal order ki, or life energy. Unfortunately, the subtleties of Ueshiba's teachings, veiled in the esoteric terminology of Shinto, can be puzzling