Pointer
energies of samsara
are many.
stopping spear,1
gives birth,
to aiki.
Case
“not one > two, just one”,2
this is joining. musubi.
“ikkyo whole life”3
Commentary
all spears laid down.
Memo Sorting Table
| 道 | |||||||
| → | 武 | 道 | |||||
| → | 武 | → | 合 | 道 | |||
| → | 武 | → | 合 | 道 | 氣 | ||
| → | 合 | 道 | 氣 | ↑ | 産 | ||
| 道 | 氣 | ↑ | 産 | ↑ | |||
| 道 | ↑ | 産 | ↑ | ||||
| 道 | ↑ |
Notes
unceasing, evergrowing, meditation, kotadama, expression.4
1 saotome sensei translated this in Aikido and Harmony of Nature as “stopping spear”
2 saotome sensei is fond of this expression, when there is a between take and musu.
3 saotome sensei remembers this expression fondly from O’Sensei.
4 it was the growing part the body wasn’t prepared for yet, and there were ways of dealing with it. the brain and body did what it did best, it was finding a way based on habitation.