"   Since ancient days there have been numerous masters, sages and Budo saints and yet there have been none who have completely accomplished the Great Way. I myself am still immature and yet I have entered onto this Great Way and now I find myself in the middle of the final shugyu (austerities). Everything in the entire world is made by means of the 75 sounds of the kotodama. I as yet do not understand but by mastering the truly necessary things one by one I will go forward with all my strength in the direction that gives birth to the techniques of Takemusu Aiki  "

"   Put the active principle (yo) into the right hand.

Turn the left into the passive (in) And so guide the adversary  "

"   The Way of the Gods! Give in to the life of the Universe of Heaven and Earth. Thus draw nearer and nearer to a spirit who serves the Godhead "

"   I stand in the mountain stream, so pure! The

splashing sound of water against the stone, yet where

is the person who with such purity can speak (of the Way)  "

"   Rip away from your soul the shabby rags it wears.

Open the way to Heavens destiny, so let it shine "

"   A person who in any situation perceives the truth with

resignation, would never need to draw his sword in haste "

"   Pour your spirit and heart into daily technical training to approach the many through a single principle. This is the way of the fighting man  "

"   The enemy comes running in to strike. At the instant of the attack,

avoid his strike with one step and counter attack in that instant "

"   First master the techniques of Aiki,

the way of the Gods Then no enemy will ever attack  "

"   Without the slightest opening, nor the least thought of the

enemy and his encircling swords, step in and cut  "

"  Rays of the rising sun flow in, my mind is clear, going

to the window, I run about the Heavens, shining like the dawn "

" Even the most powerful human being has a

limited sphere of strength. Draw him outside of that sphere

and into your own, and his strength will dissipate "

"   Left and Right, cut or parry, discard all thought of

them The human spirit must rush instantly in  "

" Mobilize all (your) powers through Aiki,

build a beautiful world and a secure peace "

" Shining and echoing is the kotodama, an honored form

of the Holy Parent, that single, spiritual origin (of all that is) "

" Since Ancient days the virtues of training in the Two Ways Both of the

Sword and of the Pen has brought realization in the body and in the soul "

"  The techniques of AIKI follow the principles of

Kusanaqi. Thus they protect the way of the Buddhas,

the (Shinto) gods, and this world of manifestations  "

"   The form and beauty that is the world of

Heaven and Earth has become one family   "