How to Be in Harmony and Sustain our Interdependency: Lessons from Aikido

“Remember that harmony is inextricably bound up with the conflict from which it sprang.”

Terry Dobson

Morihei Ueshiba’s portrait hangs above the kamiza, a place of honor in the front of our Dojo’s practice area, as it does in all Aikido Dojos internationally. He was born in 1883 and died in 1969. Aikido a martial art based on peace and harmony, with its flowing circular movements, was founded by him after many years of practicing adversarial martial arts. His goal was to create a…