Aikido is a non-aggressive, defensive martial art that seeks to avoid conflict even in threatening situations. One of its basic tenets states: “If there is no attack, there is no defense.” Even in the execution of self-defense techniques, the strategy is not to resist the attack, but to move in harmony with it. This method of “going with the flow” is expressed in Japanese as taisabaki, or “blending.” Whatever energy an attacker gives us, we accept without resistance, utilizing the attacker’s own energy to neutralize the attack and the attacker.
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