Suenaka Sensei created Suenaka-ha Tetsugaku-ho Aikido in order to reunite the
martial and the spiritual elements of Aikido, returning to that which he learned
under Morihei Ueshiba O’Sensei. Today, Suenaka-ha Tetsugaku-ho Aikido
incorporates both the martial techniques (waza) and spiritual teachings of O’
Sensei and the practical ki-development exercises developed by Koichi Tohei
Sensei. To this, Suenaka Sensei has added principles drawn from his decades of
experience in kendo, judo, ju-jitsu, kempo and karate-do, plus more esoteric ibuki
breathing and misogi ritual purification meditative practices. The style is clean,
economical and street-effective, the atmosphere joyful and respectful, the goal
physical and spiritual betterment.
Aikido is neither expressly physical nor spiritual – rather, it is both. Aikido should be
as the Founder envisioned it: a way to effectively and decisively defend oneself from
attack while preserving and respecting the attacker; a path both martial and
spiritual, not one or the other.
The true purpose of Aikido, as expressed by Morihei Ueshiba O’Sensei, is “the
loving protection of all things.” This simple and honorable guiding philosophy
resides, as it should, at the heart of the Wadokai Aikido organization, as do the final
words spoken to Suenaka Sensei by the Founder, three months before his death,
"Make Aikido better, but don’t change the principles. Whatever you do, don’t
stray from the path of Aiki.”
martial and the spiritual elements of Aikido, returning to that which he learned
under Morihei Ueshiba O’Sensei. Today, Suenaka-ha Tetsugaku-ho Aikido
incorporates both the martial techniques (waza) and spiritual teachings of O’
Sensei and the practical ki-development exercises developed by Koichi Tohei
Sensei. To this, Suenaka Sensei has added principles drawn from his decades of
experience in kendo, judo, ju-jitsu, kempo and karate-do, plus more esoteric ibuki
breathing and misogi ritual purification meditative practices. The style is clean,
economical and street-effective, the atmosphere joyful and respectful, the goal
physical and spiritual betterment.
Aikido is neither expressly physical nor spiritual – rather, it is both. Aikido should be
as the Founder envisioned it: a way to effectively and decisively defend oneself from
attack while preserving and respecting the attacker; a path both martial and
spiritual, not one or the other.
The true purpose of Aikido, as expressed by Morihei Ueshiba O’Sensei, is “the
loving protection of all things.” This simple and honorable guiding philosophy
resides, as it should, at the heart of the Wadokai Aikido organization, as do the final
words spoken to Suenaka Sensei by the Founder, three months before his death,
"Make Aikido better, but don’t change the principles. Whatever you do, don’t
stray from the path of Aiki.”
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