my views on aikido since I first started in 1968, grew as a result of my understanding that technique did not satisfy me anymore. I used aikido to explain the basics. te waza, taijutsu, maai, as well as the illusion of competition. having no kata, aikido can also be understood on a spiritual level, as it should be, like iaido. you don't teach aikido in my opinion.one learns his way into aikido, and interprets it according to one's own inner journey. to have a competitive atitude towards anything is not to understand our own position in nature and the natural order of things. aikido is in itself creative as it allows many ways to solve a situation. one must understand the creative potential if once can develop shingen or compassionate perspective or view.

by moving away you understand the meaning of the mountain and the breaking of harmony by attacking.

by moving inwards and holding your opponent's fist, extend your right hand pass his shoulder.

while your opponent is in motion, your left hand controlling, he is so vulnerable with his own motion.

or you can just let him pass through your left hand while your right one is ready for his left punch.

as his body passes by, you just push his shoulder, always keeping your right hand controlling,

same applies for the earlier outer side-stepping. let the attacker own motion work, then you grab his neck

pull it towards yourself and guide him in a spiralling movement, like that of the universe or of a hurricane

and send him directly where he wanted to go. when you spiral, you are at the center, where peace resides

or you may want to bring the spiral to a full stop by using your guiding hand to stop the movement.

be kind to your opponent. make sure that after you have performed an arm pin, he is alright.

this hold can be used to exemplify a difficult situation transposed to any level. in the technical aspect you just move your waist sideways, bring his arms frontwards, get him in front. here I chose to control his left arm

the pictures did'nt cover the rest of the technique that ended up with a soft throw. no need for flashy throws

you have a knife pointed at your back. you just rotate sideways and the knife will find nothing.

complete your rotation and you will find yourself controlling the knife and the arm. this is just one way

there are many ways of ending a situation, taking the knife. as many as you create your own aikido view.

you can also absorb his frontal attack by side-stepping inwards and taking control of his whole body

the magnificent thing is that there is no tall people or short people. time and space is in your body-mind.

aikido is a sphere. think of a sphere as something that has always the same shape, yet if touched it rotates. only that the way it rotates may yield to your touch, but it has its own way of responding to you.

hence there is no need for more to see the creativity in aikido and how it can be transposed to design, because aikido is solving situations through body-mind design.