Aiki-jujutsu is fundamentally different from other fighting arts because of the very fact that it doesn’t put its main emphasis in relative principles, but rather it puts its focus on how to benefit from capturing this “absolute” instant of time and space created somewhere during the period of mutual contact between you and the opponent.

Understanding the concept that aiki-jujutsu is not a thing that requires you to have “relative” strength should be your first priority. It is the idea that says it is not how strong you are in relation to your opponent, but rather as long as your opponent is a person who lives in the “world of relativity,” no matter how strong he is you will somehow prevail. This is a very difficult way of thinking, but without gaining an understanding of the real truths contained in it, aiki-jujutsu is impossible. In fact you could say that this is the true principle of aiki. The purpose of our training is to capture or try to capture this absolute interval of time and space; both created and extinguished in a single instant. As an end result the opponent may be thrown or taken down, but making a throw or pinning someone is not the goal, and relying on strength is something that, although necessary in jujutsu practice, only becomes a hindrance in aiki-jujutsu practice.