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In my high school intro to physics class the teacher asked “How do you move on a frictionless surface?’ All of us kids yelled out the standard answers based on our own struggles with propulsion. Aikido asks what becomes possible without opposition?<\/p>\n
The main answer is the same, you use kokyu, or breath power. In physics class this concept blew (sorry) my mind to the degree that the next week was so banal in comparison that I dropped the class. In Aikido the question of friction or opposition is the only question. How do we reduce our own opposition in order to move freely such that we can also propel uke along with us.<\/p>\n
We do not live in a frictionless environment, we have no applied experience that can be used to understand what it would be like not to have to push against something in order to move. Newton has three laws of motion but the only one that explains “how to move” states that you have to exert force toward something else. We understand this to mean that opposition=potential.<\/p>\n
Opposition is not an effective resource, especially in instances of conflict. This is especially true if you happen to be of lesser resources, i.e. strength, size, status, etc. Opposition often requires destruction or suppression to meet your goals at the expense of something or someone else. In this approach we create more and more friction in hopes that the fire we create is what we need. A lot of energy and a high likelihood of burnout.<\/p>\n
Aikido is an alternative approach that reduces friction so that our energy and resources are directed towards opportunity. Aikido practices directing the energy of conflict towards mutual benefit and resolution. Far less energy to create potential in a frictionless environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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