An index of topics within Ueshiba Morihei’s Dōka, Engineer’s Edition containing critical translations and their associated notes, commentaries, and references by Shugyōkai.org founder Latex G.N.R. Space-Coyote, an Uchi-Deshi of Saotome Mitsugi, Sensei.
Entries marked with an asterisk (*) are mentioned indirectly.
Topics
立; Tatsu/Ryū
021: Already Behind
022: Their Heart-Mind, My Little Shield
034: Behind My Figure
042: No One to Proclaim It
110: Ki, Knotted into Being
122: Bind Ki-Musubi Deep
123: Love as a Guarding Stance
151: Straightening the Strands
155: Futomani Misogi
160: By Divine Word
Appendices: Morihei Ueshiba’s Use of 「立」
丈夫; Masurao
012: Yielding to the Breath
162: Awaken Stalwart Man
204: Brave One Turns
205: As Your Sole Means
岩戸; Iwato
132: The Rock-Door Again Opened
218: Replete with Kamis’ Glory
天の浮橋; Ame no Ukihashi
112: Iki Inochi Weaves an Aiki Bridge
160: By Divine Word
218: Replete with Kamis’ Glory
009: Itsu and Mizu Join Now*
106: The Heaven-Shining One*
111: Essence & Spirit Congealed*
151: Straightening the Strands*
152: Sun, Earth, & Moon Gathered*
153: Fire & Water Meet*
158: Heart Bound with True-Emptiness*
御親; Mioya
032: Form & Heart of Martial Arts
102: Aiki’s Stern Form and Gentle Heart-Mind
113: Kotodama—Living Speech
119: Seventy-Five Sounds Move in Flow
133: Seal the Work
138: Great Firmament Fountainhead
142: Takemusu’s Fire-Water Springs
156: Masagatsu Agatsu Attuned
言霊; Kotodama
113: Kotodama—Living Speech
130: Kotodama’s Cosmos
結び; Musubi
110: Ki, Knotted into Being
114: Knotted Spirit Purged Bright
122: Bind Ki-Musubi Deep
135: Musubi of True Void & Emptiness
149: Musubi Bound Accord
210: Knots of Muse
誠; Makoto
002: Primer-2, Harmony with Others
035: Still Truer Makoto
山彦; Yamabiko
110: Ki, Knotted into Being
122: Bind Ki-Musubi Deep
130: Kotodama’s Cosmos
153: Fire & Water Meet
215: Heaven, Earth, and Man—Joyful Harmony*
武; Bu / Take
001: Primer-1, 武＝Cosmic Principle
002: Primer-2, Harmony with Others
006: Primer-6, Deepest Love’s Source Followed
031: Mindfully, One Meets Ten Thousand
032: Form & Heart of Martial Arts
044: Bu, the Realm’s True Guard
114: Knotted Spirit Purged Bright
115: Scholarship, Martiality, and Keiko
126: Serpent Surging, Bee Springing
142: Takemusu’s Fire-Water Springs
217: Bu—Not Even a Trace
合氣道の精神; The Essential Spirit of Aikidō
降り; Kudari / Ori
043: Seal, Mirror, & Sword
044: Bu, the Realm’s True Guard
107: Riding Light Descends
108: Joy Across the Vast Ocean Plain
さむはら / サムハラ; Samuhara
128: Land of Slender Spears
130: Kotodama’s Cosmos
144: Kami Designed A-i-ki-tō
145: Tsukisakaki Kori
209: Receive the Breath Now
212: Sacred Word “Su”
219: Samuhara Spear
稽古; Keiko
014: Right Before These Eyes
031: Mindfully, One Meets Ten Thousand
115: Scholarship, Martiality, and Keiko
146: Training Faces the Ten-Thousand
203: Keenly Attuned Ear
合気十; Aiki To
009: Itsu and Mizu Join Now
144: Kami Designed A-i-ki-tō
たま／魂／玉／霊（靈） ; Tama
002: Primer-2, Aiki with Another/Others
003: Primer-3, Heart-Mind-Spirit, Inseparable
006: Primer-6, Deepest Love’s Source Followed
023: Discard the Tattered Robe, & Shine
111: Essence & Spirit Congealed
112: Iki Inochi Weaves an Aiki Bridge
113: Kotodama—Living Speech
114: Knotted Spirit Purged Bright
115: Scholarship, Martiality, and Keiko
124: Red & White Jewels Glitter
126: Serpent Surging, Bee Springing
127: Jewel-Spirit Pacified
128: Land of Slender Spears
130: Kotodama’s Cosmos
136: Susanoo’s Sword Comes Forth
145: Tsukisakaki Kori
150: Blade-Bright Heart-Mind
151: Straightening the Strands
154: Tempered Day By Day
156: Masagatsu Agatsu Attuned
163: Myriad Lines & Limits Unknowable
207: Red Blood, Swift Circle
213: Open—and Shine Radiant
剣; Tsurugi
013: A Striking Blade is Seigan
022: Their Heart-Mind, My Little Shield
039: Awaken Those Astray
043: Seal, Mirror, & Sword
125: Sacred Sword Resplendent
136: Susanoo’s Sword Comes Forth
147: Sword Outstrips Tongue & Brush
211: Sword Arts Alone
刀; Tō
010: What Would You Yet Do?
018: Strike Them All Aside
020: Raise and Close Swiftly
021: Already Behind
027: Till Their Edge Grows Weak
030: Steel the Heart, Shun Carelessness
033: Where the Cut Truly Begins
敵; Teki
011: No Way to Attack
016: Yin’s Shadow as Yang
018: Strike Them All Aside
019: Tip and Butt Are Foes
021: Already Behind
022: Their Heart-Mind, My Little Shield
024: The Fist Matches The Beat
025: Fight the Many, As One
026: Unlured, Guarding in Chūdan
027: Till Their Edge Grows Weak
028: Off the Path, and Cut!
034: Behind My Figure
038: Right Hand in Sunlight…
039: Awaken Those Astray
041: Holding My Cadence
045: Rousing a Foe, Many Surround
121: Ei! Ya! I-ei!
140: Within the Yielding Step
204: Brave One Turns
205: As Your Sole Means
合氣道の精神; The Essential Spirit of Aikidō
Appendices: Hearing te + ki in Ueshiba Morihei‘s Dōka: Continuity 「-て」(-te form particle) and Vital Spirit 「気」as an aural pivot on teki 「敵」
和; Wa
002: Primer-2, Harmony with Others
003: Primer-3, Heart-Mind-Spirit Inseparable
004: Primer-4, Harmonious Beautification
008: Peaceful Harmony
105: Aiki, Force of Myriad Harmonies
111: Essence & Spirit Congealed
214: Heaven, Earth, and Man—Blessed
215: Heaven, Earth, and Man—Joyful Harmony
身; Mi
Primer-2: Harmony with Others
012: Yielding to the Breath
115: Scholarship, Martiality, and Keiko
121: Ei! Ya! I-ei!
134: Pine, Bamboo, & Plum
150: Blade-Bright Heart-Mind
156: Masagatsu Agatsu Attuned
163: Myriad Lines & Limits Unknowable
心; Kokoro / Shin
002: Primer-2, Harmony with Others
003: Primer-3, Heart-Mind-Spirit Inseparable
005: Primer-5, Body Dojo, Heart-Mind Practitioner
013: A Striking Blade is Seigan
015: Send Forth This Human Heart-Mind
016: Yin’s Shadow as Yang
022: Their Heart-Mind, My Little Shield
024: The Fist Matches The Beat
031: Mindfully, One Meets Ten Thousand
032: Form & Heart of Martial Arts
037: Keep The Reins Tight
043: Seal, Mirror, & Sword
045: Rousing a Foe, Many Surround
102: Aiki’s Stern Form and Gentle Heart-Mind
106: The Heaven-Shining One
110: Ki, Knotted into Being
122: Bind Ki-Musubi Deep
129: Beyond a Thing to Assert
138: Great Firmament Fountainhead
139: Without Gap for Akuma to Nest
140: Within the Yielding Step
146: Training Faces the Ten-Thousand
150: Blade-Bright Heart-Mind
156: Masagatsu Agatsu Attuned
162: Awaken Stalwart Man
202: Heart-Mind Shield
205: As Your Sole Means
211: Sword Arts Alone
Grammar
とは; to wa (quotative topic setter)
019: Tip and Butt Are Foes
032: Form & Heart of Martial Arts
040: Moonrise, Moonset
101: Aiki, the Deep Wellspring
102: Aiki’s Stern Form and Gentle Heart-Mind
103: Aiki, Not Exhausted By Brush or Mouth
104: Explaining Aiki, the Difficult Way
105: Aiki, Force of Myriad Harmonies
140: Within the Yielding Step
217: Bu—Not Even a Trace
は; wa (topic setter)
014: Right Before These Eyes
015: Send Forth This Human Heart-Mind
016: Yin’s Shadow as Yang
017: Bend the Line
021: Already Behind
024: The Fist Matches the Beat
028: Off the Path, and Cut!
029: Spearhead Shields
030: Steel the Heart, Shun Carelessness
038: Right Hand in Sunlight…
045: Rousing a Foe, Many Surround
107: Riding Light Descends
108: Joy Across the Vast Ocean Plain
110: Ki, Knotted into Being
112: Iki Inochi Weaves an Aiki Bridge
113: Kotodama—Living Speech
115: Scholarship, Martiality, and Keiko
116: Kamis, Buddhas, etc.
117: A Single Household Wrought
119: Seventy-Five Sounds Move in Flow
120: Strike & Thrust’s Overt Rhythm
123: Love as a Guarding Stance
124: Red & White Jewels Glitter
125: Sacred Sword Resplendent
128: Land of Slender Spears
129: Beyond a Thing to Assert
130: Kotodama’s Cosmos
131: Source of Ki Overflows
132: The Rock-Door Again Opened
133: Seal the Work
135: Musubi of True Void & Emptiness
136: Susanoo’s Sword Comes Forth
139: Without Gap for Akuma to Nest
141: Great Cosmic Aiki
142: Takemusu’s Fire-Water Springs
143: Endless is the Praise
147: Sword Outstrips Tongue & Brush
150: Blade-Bright Heart-Mind
151: Straightening the Strands
152: Sun, Earth, & Moon Gathered
156: Masagatsu Agatsu Attuned
159: Brooding On the World
202: Heart-Mind Shield
204: Brave One Turns
208: Kamis’ Arm Pillow
209: Receive the Breath Now
210: Knots of Muse
214: Heaven, Earth, and Man—Blessed
218: Replete with Kamis’ Glory
219: Samuhara Spear
ては; te wa (recurring conditional loop)
154: Tempered Day By Day
161: Roused by Kamis’ Wrath
を; o (object marker)
[TBD; in review]
に; ni (locative/dative)
[TBD; in review]
-べし; normative imperative
[TBD; in review]
-て; –te form
[TBD; in review]
ぞ; zo (emphatic/focus)
014: Right Before These Eyes
019: Tip and Butt Are Foes
022: Their Heart-Mind, My Little Shield
023: Discard the Tattered Robe, & Shine
029: Spearhead Shields
031: Mindfully, One Meets Ten Thousand
032: Form & Heart of Martial Arts
040: Moonrise, Moonset
102: Aiki’s Stern Form and Gentle Heart-Mind
113: Kotodama—Living Speech
137: Su’s Resonant Love
140: Within the Yielding Step
146: Training Faces the Ten-Thousand
151: Straightening the Strands
156: Masagatsu Agatsu Attuned
202: Heart-Mind Shield
205: As Your Sole Means
207: Red Blood, Swift Circle
213: Open—and Shine Radiant
219: Samuhara Spear
係結び; kakari-musubi
010: What Would You Yet Do?
014: Right Before These Eyes
016: Yin’s Shadow as Yang
036: At Dead Ends, Stern and Gentle
040: Moonrise, Moonset
042: No One to Proclaim It
022: Their Heart-Mind, My Little Shield
101: Aiki, the Deep Wellspring
102: Aiki’s Stern Form and Gentle Heart-Mind
113: Kotodama—Living Speech
117: A Single Household Wrought
140: Within the Yielding Step
146: Training Faces the Ten-Thousand
151: Straightening the Strands
205: As Your Sole Means
207: Red Blood, Swift Circle
合氣道の精神; The Essential Spirit of Aikidō
かし; kashi (exclamatory)
008: Peaceful Harmony
019: Tip and Butt Are Foes
104: Explaining Aiki, the Difficult Way
145: Tsukisakaki Kori
けり; keri (past realized; “aha”)
021: Already Behind
106: The Heaven-Shining One
107: Riding Light Descends
108: Joy Across the Vast Ocean Plain
117: A Single Household Wrought
120: Strike & Thrust’s Overt Rhythm
132: The Rock-Door Again Opened
155: Futomani Misogi
203: Keenly Attuned Ear
合氣柔術傳書（植芝、1934年）道歌の順序
01-044: 武、領域の真の守護者
02-043: 璽と鏡と剣
03-012: 息に身を委ねる
04-009: 伊都とみづ 今すぐ参加しよう！
05-037: 手綱を張っておく
06-017: 線を曲げる
07-026: 餌に食いつかない; 中段での防御
08-014: この目の前で
09-019: 先端と尻は敵同士だ
10-015: この人間の心を送り出せ
11-018: それらを全て捨て去る
12-028: 道をそれて、切り込む
13-030: 心を鋼で固め、軽率を慎め
14-027: その刃が鈍るまで
15-025: あたかも多数が一つであるかのように戦え
16-029: 槍先盾
17-036: 行き止まりで、厳しくも優しい
18-022: 心が盾
19-035: なおさら真実なる誠
20-032: 武道の形と心
21-039: 迷える者を目覚めさせよ
22-021: 彼らの後ろに立っている
23-034: 私の姿の背後には
24-045: 敵をかき立てる、多くが取り囲む
25-011: 攻撃の仕方がない
26-031: 一心に、万と出会う
27-038: 陽光の中の右手…
28-033: 真に切り始める場所
29-010: まだ何をしようというのか？
30-020: 早く上げ閉める
31-042: 宣べ伝える者なし
32-040: 月出、月没
33-041: テンポを保つ
34-016: 陰の影として陽
35-024: 拳はビートに合致する
36-013: 鋭い刃は清眼である
37-140: 譲りの歩の内に
38-120: 打撃と突き進みの顕在リズム
Aikijujutsu Densho (Ueshiba, 1934) Dōka Sequence
01-044: Bu, the Realm’s True Guard
02-043: Seal, Mirror, & Sword
03-012: Yielding to the Breath
04-009: Itsu and Mizu Join Now
05-037: Keep The Reins Tight
06-017: Bend the Line
07-026: Unlured, Guarding in Chūdan
08-014: Right Before These Eyes
09-019: Tip and Butt Are Foes
10-015: Send Forth This Human Heart-Mind
11-018: Strike Them All Aside
12-028: Off the Path, and Cut!
13-030: Steel the Heart-Mind, Shun Carelessness
14-027: Till Their Edge Grows Weak
15-025: Fight the Many, As One
16-029: Spearhead Shields
17-036: At Dead Ends, Stern and Gentle
18-022: Heart-Mind, Little Shield
19-035: Still Truer Makoto
20-032: Form & Heart of Martial Arts
21-039: Awaken Those Astray
22-021: Already Behind
23-034: Behind My Figure
24-045: Rousing a Foe, Many Surround
25-011: No Way to Attack
26-031: Mindfully, One Meets Ten Thousand
27-038: Right Hand in Sunlight…
28-033: Where the Cut Truly Begins
29-010: What Would You Yet Do?
30-020: Raise and Close Swiftly
31-042: No One to Proclaim It
32-040: Moonrise, Moonset
33-041: Holding My Cadence
34-016: Yin’s Shadow as Yang
35-024: The Fist Matches The Beat
36-013: A Striking Blade is Seigan
37-140: Within the Yielding Step
38-120: Strike & Thrust’s Overt Rhythm
References
Takahashi, H. (1986). 武産合気 ー合気道開祖・植芝盛平先生口述 [Takemusu Aiki: The Oral Teachings of Aikido Founder, Ueshiba Morihei Sensei]. 白光真宏会出版本部 [Byakko Shinko-kai Shuppan Honbu].
Ueshiba, K. [植芝吉祥丸]. (2008). 合気道のこころ:「気」と「理」を和する合気の道 [The heart-mind of aikido: The way of aiki—harmonizing ki with truth / reason / natural law governing the universe”]. Shuppan Geijutsusha [出版芸術社]. (Original work published 1981)
Ueshiba, M. (1934). 合氣柔術傳書 [Aiki-jujutsu Densho (Unpublished manuscript)]. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://www.dropbox.com/s/2lo06cp7ov29opb/budo-1938-moritaka-ueshiba.pdf?dl=1
Ueshiba, M. (1977). 合気道奥義（道歌）(阿部, 醒石, Ed.). Abe Sasaki (阿部 醒石). Retrieved from http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~yp7h-td/douka.htm
Appendix I: Change Modification Log
13 SEP 26 - Added Aikijujutsu Densho (Ueshiba, 1934) dōka sequence (in progress).27 AUG 26 - Added tatsu/ryū entries.30 JUN 26 - Added more entries. 24 MAY 26 - Updated header.21 DEC 25 - Initial appendix work.