O-Sensei also had other associates and students in high military and civilian offices. Some of our readers would say this effort didn't really have anything to do with Aikido. In their opinion, Aikido just has to do with training on the mat, and it is completely nonpolitical. Some people may say that Aikido should be politically neutral. Each person has to make his or her own decision.
Wisdom is acquired using the body as well as the mind.
The skill of incorporating various different forces into one positive force has to become a body-habit. We develop this habit in Aikido. Instead of getting angry and attacking, we receive forces coming to us and then move our bodies, becoming one with our opponents. That is great wisdom. Wisdom of this sort is desperately needed in this world, because we have so much quarreling and confrontation.