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Aiki is not a technique to fight with or defeat an enemy. It is the way to reconcile the world and make human beings one family.

Morihei Ueshiba

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Morihei Ueshiba
Age: 85 †
Born: 1883
Born: December 14
Died: 1969
Died: April 26
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