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Doka 36




Assume gedan and see
The spirit of the positive (yo) as
in shadow (in)
Recognize the cuts and thrusts of
the enemy's blade
As merely seigan


Morihei Ueshiba, 1936.

(Edited by Seiseki Abe under the supervision of Kisshomaru Ueshiba.)