- Proper aikido can never be mastered unless one strictly follows the
instructor's teaching.
- Aikido as a martial art is perfected by being alert to everything going
on around us and leaving no vulnerable opening (suki).
- Practice becomes joyful and pleasant once one has trained enough not to
be bothered by pain.
- Do not be satisfied by what is taught at the dojo. One must constantly
digest, experiment, and develop what one has learned.
- One should never force things unnaturally or unreasonably in practice.
One should undertake training suited to one's body, physical condition
and age.
- The aim of aikido is to develop the truly human self. It should not be
used to display ego.
Kisshomoru Ueshiba (ca.1935)