難しいことは、今進んでいる道が正しいと自分で信じることです。誰もが正しい道を歩みたい、楽でなくていい、せめて正しい道を歩みたいと思うものです。しかし、残念ながら正しい道には正しい道と書いてあることはありません。辛い道にこそ、険しい道にこそ、その道標がないほど不安であり、ないからこそ価値がある、つまり、正しかったと言える道だと思います。正しい？そう道に正しいも誤りもありません。そう道は、道であって、道には全て価値があると思うのです。今日もその道を一歩、歩んだのでした。一歩ではありますが、自分たちの大切な歩みです。
さて今日は
遊び稽古
１体操
２熊歩き、クモ歩き
３膝行
４突き小手返し
本稽古
１合気体操
２足捌き
３受け身
４短刀取り小手返し演武
５逆半身片手取り呼吸投げ（中心に歩く）
６逆半身片手取り継ぎ足の鍛錬
７逆半身片手取り入身投げ小手返し、入身投げ
８逆半身片手取り転身の鍛錬
９逆半身片手取り四方投げ表、一教表
１０両手取り天地投げ
１１演武練習
をしました。今のテーマは、小さな足捌きで受けがいつかずに、歩みを止めないことです。相手の中心方向を攻撃する意識をもち受けは進まなくてはいけません。それを説明するために短刀取りを実演してみました。合気道の動きには理由がありそれを理合と言います。少しずつ受けも取りも理合のある動きをして、誰と演武をしても一つになれる技を目指しています。この道が正しいと信じて。
The Difficulty of Believing in the Path You’re Walking
The hardest part of life is believing that the path you are walking is the right one. Everyone wants to walk a path that is “right.” It doesn’t have to be easy — as long as it’s the right path. However, unfortunately, there are no signs that say “this is the right path.”
The steeper and harsher the path, the more anxious we feel, precisely because there is no clear sign. But perhaps it is this very lack of certainty that gives the path its value — a path you can look back on later and say, “That was the right path.”
But is there really such a thing as a “right path”? Perhaps not. Paths are just paths, neither right nor wrong. And because they are all paths, each one has its own value.
Today, we took another step on our path. It was only one step, but it was a step forward — a step that belongs to us.
Today’s Practice
Play Practice
- Warm-up exercises
- Bear walking, spider walking
- Knee walking (shikko)
- Tsuki (thrust) to kotegaeshi (wrist turn)
Main Practice
- Aiki taiso (Aikido warm-up exercises)
- Ashi sabaki (footwork)
- Ukemi (falling and rolling practice)
- Tantodori (short sword take) to kotegaeshi (wrist turn) demonstration
- Gyaku hanmi katate dori kokyu nage (breath throw) — walking toward the center
- Gyaku hanmi katate dori — tsugi-ashi (sliding step) training
- Gyaku hanmi katate dori — irimi nage (entering throw) to kotegaeshi, irimi nage
- Gyaku hanmi katate dori — tenshin (pivoting) training
- Gyaku hanmi katate dori — shihonage (four-direction throw, omote) and ikkyo (first control, omote)
- Ryote dori — tenchinage (heaven and earth throw)
- Embu (demonstration) practice
Key Focus of Today’s Practice
The current training theme is to move with small, precise footwork while ensuring the uke (the receiver) doesn’t become stuck or stop moving. The uke must continue to move forward with the intention of attacking the tori’s (the person executing the technique) center. To emphasize this, we demonstrated tantodori (short sword taking).
Every movement in Aikido has a reason behind it, which we call “riai” (the principles or logic of the movement). Both uke and tori must strive to move in a way that reflects riai, ensuring the techniques are effective, natural, and connected. This approach allows for the possibility of blending and harmonizing with any partner in an embu (demonstration) setting.
We continue to walk this path, believing it is the right one.
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