Complex sentence: Morihei Ueshiba had intended that his martial art would give form to profound spiritual truth and saw Aikido not as a fighting method or as a competitive sport but rather as a means of becoming one with the laws of universal ki, or life energy.
Split into simpler sentences: Morihei Ueshiba had intended that his martial art would give form to profound spiritual truth. He saw Aikido not as a fighting method or as a competitive sport but rather as a means of becoming one with the laws of universal ki, or life energy.