Ki Aikido on Maui: A Training Manual
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This 4th edition has been revised with updated information and new material, including a new Foreword and Introduction; new translations of K
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Ki Aikido on Maui - Christopher Curtis
The Human Universe
The Universe is a limitless circle with a limitless radius.
The Universe is an infinite gathering of infinitely small particles.
The Universe is constantly moving and changing.
Master Koichi Tohei
These are the fundamental principles of the Universe that we live in. They characterize and govern all objects from the planets to peanuts, all human relationships, and all of man’s endeavors from simple movements to complex undertakings. In Aikido, we study these principles to better live in harmony and rhythm with these natural conditions.
Whether you are a seven or eight year old youngster, a seventy or eighty year old senior, or somewhere in between, the principles that define the human experience are the same. These principles are not only a phenomenon or condition of the physical universe, but arise from, and truly reflect, the authentic state of our Original Mind. And this is not something either exotic, religious, or even particularly spiritual, but merely the way of becoming a real human being.
Christopher Curtis
ki-aikido on maui by christopher curtis, title pageCopyright by Maui Aikido-Ki Society
First Edition 1982 Second Edition 1995 Third Edition 2001
Fourth Edition 2019
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without written permission except for quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
For additional information write to:
Maui Ki-Aikido
P.O. Box 724
Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii 96793
This is a publication of MAKS Publications
Library of Congress Cataloging-in Publication Data
Curtis, Christopher
Ki-Aikido On Maui: a training manual / by Christopher Curtis — 3rd ed.
p.cm.
ISBN 0-9655021-1-2
1.Aikido 2. Sports 3. Spiritual/Philosophy
Printed in the United States of America
Cover design: Joelle Chicheportiche Perz
Photos: Chris Barense
FIVE PLEDGES OF JISENKAI
Today, I will spend the day with a plus face.
Today, I will use plus words.
Today, I will do my activities with plus thinking.
Today, I will build a plus society.
Today, I will pray for world peace with a plus mind.
Contents
The Human Universe
Foreword to the 4th Edition
Introduction
MORIHEI UESHIBA
Father of Aikido
KOICHI TOHEI
Founder Of Ki-Aikido
Ki Society Headquarters
TOHEI SENSEI ON AIDIDO
SHINICHI TOHEI
Shinshin Toitsu Aikidokai Ki Society
SHINICHI SUZUKI
Founder — Maui Ki-Aikido
CHAPTER 1
DOJO ETIQUETTE
CHAPTER 2
KI SAYINGS
CHAPTER 3
FOUR BASIC PRINCIPLES TO UNIFY MIND AND BODY
CHAPTER 4
KI DEVELOPMENT EXERCISES
CHAPTER 5
KI BREATHING
CHAPTER 6
KI MEDITATION
CHAPTER 7
PRESSING WITH KI THERAPY
CHAPTER 8
SOKUSHIN NO GYO
CHAPTER 9
SHIN SHIN TOITSU AIKIDO
CHAPTER 10
FORMAL TESTING
CHAPTER 11
TAIGI ARTS
CHAPTER 12
BOKKEN AND JO
CHAPTER 13
ACTING AS OTOMO
CHAPTER 14
The Ki Ire Ki Barai Prayer
CHAPTER 15
TRAINING WITH WATER
CHAPTER 16
THE LIVING PRINCIPLES
CHAPTER 17
THE MEANING OF AIKIDO
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
INTENSIVE TRAINING
About the Author
Foreword to the 4th Edition
I am honored and grateful to have been asked to write a few introductory words. It is surely not my place to add any further words of praise directed at the Masters described in this book. Each day my heart is filled with gratitude just to have known and have access to the wisdom of the Founder (Soshu), Master Koichi Tohei, and his senior students, Iwao Tamura Sensei (in Japan) and Shinichi Suzuki Sensei (outside Japan).
Christopher Curtis Sensei has been studying personal and spiritual development for over 50 years and he began living at the feet of his teacher, Suzuki Sensei, over four decades ago. His life example as both a student and teacher illustrate, and even embody, a commitment to real training ( shugyo). Along the way he developed a deep grasp of Ki principles, which is a blessing for another generation of persons seeking to understand the Way of the Universe. We are all very grateful to Curtis Sensei for completing this revised and updated book. With each edition Curtis Sensei empties his cup
as he shares his insights in clear and simple language.
As with previous editions, this 4th edition is much more than a Training Manual.
Curtis Sensei’s revised explanations of the most important aspects of committed training
( shugyo) and the inner disciplines
evidence profound insight. I know that Suzuki Sensei experienced much pride and joy as he fully realized (and observed for himself) that he had passed along so much in the lifetime development of his senior student Curtis Sensei. As is written in this book, TIME is our most precious gift, and Suzuki Sensei invested it wisely in the training and development of the author. All students of Ki-Aikido can benefit by keeping a copy of this revised book on hand at all times; in your training bag, at your bedside table, and in your office.
When Curtis Sensei travels to train in Japan each year, he is reminded to empty his cup
before boarding the plane. And, as evidenced by this revised 4th edition, I know that the author is committed to keeping this manual current. The training described in each successive edition reflects Curtis Sensei’s continual discovery of new means of both expanding our awareness and deepening our understanding of the timeless, universal truths that are always present just waiting to be experienced by anyone and everyone.
David Shaner, Chief Instructor Eastern Ki Federation
and HQ Advisor to Eastern Europe/Russia Ki Federation
Introduction
When I first began training Aikido many years ago, I had little knowledge of practice in Eastern martial arts, and no experience whatsoever of Aikido. The various forms of Aikido practice, the multitude of requirements for what appeared to be an endless series of tests, and the seemingly vague and (who knew?!) perhaps arbitrary rules of etiquette which everyone except me seemed to be taking for granted, struck me as somewhat intimidating and possibly even insurmountable. Adding to this sense of strangeness, there seemed to be no final consensus, no one seemed to be in agreement as to the exact nature, sequence or even, in some cases, the existence of these various requirements for proper training and personal development.
In the beginning, I found myself, out of an eagerness to learn, (and frankly a desire to fit in
and not make waves
), beginning to accept this vagueness as just the way it is
and proceeded to concentrate on developing the specific skills and attitude adjustments that were required of me on any particular day, and at any specific moment. This is not to say that this was bad training
in any way. In fact, it kept me on my toes in a way that was no doubt good for me. However, since I, as well as most beginning students of Aikido in the West, had not grown up steeped in the cultural traditions of the East, and martial arts specifically, it was not long before I found myself looking for a way to help myself put everything in its place.
I was constantly making notes, asking questions, demanding to know why all of this "stuff’ was not put into some sort of orderly curriculum. Why, I asked myself again and again, hadn’t someone simply sat down with pen in hand, and organized all of this multifarious information into one concise booklet? After all, Suzuki Sensei was right here, at our proverbial disposal. He understood the why, the wherefore, and the who, of all this confusion.
Why hadn’t someone tapped that source and gotten all of this together for us?
After almost ten years, and countless hours of interview, discussion, travel to Japan, writing, clarifying, re-writing, organizing, agonizing, and finally layout and publishing, I found myself with a fairly clear idea as to why no one had done any of that! And that was the first manual that Suzuki Sensei and I assembled, in 1982. I hope that small effort was adequate for the time. It did seem to serve a purpose. However, we are now in our fourth edition, and still corrections and improvements are in order. Not only has much new information been added in each new version, but I think the level of approach has changed significantly. Our sincere hope is that you will find this latest training manual not only a help in providing clarification and definition, but also that there is available herein some further insight into the nature of this training that we give so much of ourselves to, and perhaps even some inspiration. In assembling this manual we have tried to provide something for all levels of training. We want to give the beginner a sense of where he or she is headed, as well as providing everyone with a kind of organized overview. In this effort, we hope we have been successful.
Christopher Curtis Maui — 2019
portrait of morihei ueshibaMorihei Ueshiba — Father of Aikido
Morihei Ueshiba
Father of Aikido
Morihei Ueshiba was born on December 14, 1883, to a farming family in Tanabe in the Wakayama Prefecture in Japan. His family was quite well to do, and his father was a leader in the local community. Completing his education at the Abacus Institute, young Morihei first became a tax assessor. At the age of nineteen he resigned his professional position, and moved to Tokyo, where he received his first martial training in jujutsu and kenjutsu. Becoming seriously ill with beri-beri, he returned home to Tanabe, where he married his childhood sweetheart. Shortly after, at the age of twenty, he joined the military and distinguished himself as a fierce fighter in the Russo-Japanese War.
Returning to Tanabe, he continued to engage in agriculture. Ueshiba always believed in and stressed the link between Budo and agriculture. He felt that both pursuits nourished life and promoted clean living and high thoughts.
At the age of 29 Ueshiba led a group of some 80 individuals into the Northern