There are no weapons in Aikido

According to Masatake Fujita there are no weapons in Aikido. Ahem...

Aikido word: Shihan

Shihan: 師範 cosiste of the kanji:

• 師 teacher
• 範 model/example

Aikido word: School 流

Pronounced ryu. Actually means stream or flow.

Also:

古流 Koryu - old school/stream

大東流 Daito ryu

Aikido word: Body 身

Pronounced Mi as in Hanmi - 半身 , half body

Also:

• 当身 Atemi - hit to the body
• 受身 Ukemi - accept with the body

Aikido word: Knee Walking 膝行

Knee Walking 膝行 pronounced Shikko. Consists of two Kanji:

• 膝 knee
• 行 action

About war

    
Some Facts About Stalingrad

  1.In 1942 and early' 43, in the city, the sky was
      bleached bed-sheet white each morning.
2.All day long, as I carried the souls across it, that
sheet was splashed with blood, until it was full and     
                bulging to the earth.
    3.In the evening, it would be wrung out and
    bleached again, ready for the next dawn.
4.And that was when the fighting was only during
                     the day.                  
                 
-- "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak 

Aikido word: Founder 開祖

The Founder 開祖, pronounced Kaiso. Consists of two Kanji:

• 開 open/begin start
• 祖 ancestor/patriarch

90% of the Aikido on YouTube and such, is rubbish.

OK, I am exaggerating, it is 99% rubbish.

Contradictions

How can you become soft until you discover that hard breaks easily?
How can you reject violence without facing your own?
How can you overcome fear without knowing fear?
How can you declare victory over self without understanding self?

You can not.

Some say that Aikido is built on contradictions, how can martial be peaceful and non violent?

Like this.

Suwari waza 5

The founder executing suwari waza:

Suwari waza 4

The founder executing suwari waza:

Suwari waza 3

The founder executing suwari waza:

Suwari waza 2

The founder executing suwari waza:

Suwari waza 1

The founder executing suwariwaza:

The O in O Sensei

There is an interesting discussion on Aikido Journal regarding the origin and usage of the term O Sensei. Here is an image from page 14 of Traditional Aikido vol. 5. Note how the "old master" and "present master" are juxtapositioned

sho chiku bai in Traditional Aikido Vol. 5.

from page 22:

A strategy advice

"Never mud wrestle with a pig. You get all dirty and the pig likes it."

Shime waza / Suwari waza

The founder applying a shime waza.

Youtube Channel

The Olifant got a youtube channel.

Young Nishio Sensei

- Saito Morihiro , Traditional Aikido, Vol. 2

Sala de Esgrima

I guess that "SALA DE ESGRIMA" means "Fencing Hall". The two gentlemen with the double-handed swords in the foreground maintain a nice hanmi.