At the beginning, Aikido was extremely popular amongst hippies who wanted to hear only about the power of ki. They used to come here but did not workout! One day, I was doing kokyu dosa and one of the students was immobile, in an intense sort of concentration. After a while I patted him on the shoulder and asked what he was doing, and he replied “Sensei, do not disturb me, I am extending my ki”. That was the type of mentality at the time; they only took the part on ki. I used to tell them, just as Tohei Sensei did, “a strong ki needs a strong body”.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 21:53:00 +0000
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