Aikido
Aikido is a modern Japanese Martial Art, which translated means roughly
'harmony'. A Japanese man named Morihei Ueshiba, who studied
Daito-ryu Aiki-jutsu under another Martial Arts Master, developed Aikido.
Morihei Ueshiba first Aikido learning place, called a dojo, was first
established in Tokyo in the year 1927.
Moridei Ueshiba soon became known as 'o-sensei', which translates
roughly as 'great master' and his students became known as 'Aikidoka'.
Moridei Ueshiba continued to teach Aikido until the late 1960's, until the
year of his death.
Essentially, Aikido is a derivative of Daito-ryu Aiki-jutsu, which is a
combination of various Jujutsu and Ken jujutsu techniques. However,
what makes Aikido different is the spiritual aspect, which Moridei Ueshiba
entwined into his own teachings of Aikido. This influential spiritual
element, Moridei Ueshiba gained from Onisaburo Deguchi the leader of
Omoto.
Omoto is based on three main laws, which deal with the observation of
the existance of God in all things. Thes three laws are based on
observing form, observing life and observing the interior of form. Omoto
also discusses the aspect of light over darkness and does not believe
that they are the one and only belief, but that they are a way of belief.