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Morihei Ueshiba, who founded Aikido early in this century, intended that his martial art would give form to profound spiritual truth, and lead to a unification of the world's peoples. He saw Aikido not as a fighting method or as a competitive sport but rather as a means of becoming one with... read more

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INTEREST IN THE MARTIAL ARTS IN THE WEST has been increasing in the last decade, yet many people still do not understand that there is a major difference between the martial arts, as they are commonly practiced and portrayed, and budo, the martial way.

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  1. William Gleason (Author)
 

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