Morihei Ueshiba: Attacker

Morihei Ueshiba was founder of aikido. Explore interesting quotes on attacker.

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“Water, by its nature, never collides with or breaks against anything. On the contrary, it swallows up any attack harmlessly.”

Morihei Ueshiba

The Art of Peace (1992)
Context: If your opponent strikes with fire, counter with water, becoming completely fluid and free-flowing. Water, by its nature, never collides with or breaks against anything. On the contrary, it swallows up any attack harmlessly.

Nature , Water

“In the Art of Peace we never attack. An attack is proof that one is out of control. Never run away from any kind of challenge, but do not try to suppress or control an opponent unnaturally.”

Morihei Ueshiba

The Art of Peace (1992)
Context: In the Art of Peace we never attack. An attack is proof that one is out of control. Never run away from any kind of challenge, but do not try to suppress or control an opponent unnaturally. Let attackers come any way they like and then blend with them. Never chase after opponents. Redirect each attack and get firmly behind it.

Peace , Art

“Always imagine yourself on the battlefield under the fiercest attack; never forget this crucial element of training.”

Morihei Ueshiba

Source: Budo (1938), p. 36

Imagination , Training , Forgetting

“One should be prepared to receive ninety-nine percent of an enemy's attack and stare death right in the face in order to illumine the Path.”

Morihei Ueshiba

The Art of Peace (1992)

Death

“Regarding technique, from ancient times it has been said that movements must fly like lightning and attacks must strike like thunder.”

Morihei Ueshiba

Source: Budo (1938), p. 33