Quotes About Budo

Aikido is budo. The goal of aikido is the development of personal, social, and spiritual awareness, responsibility, and accountability through the discipline and practice of a martial art. Aikido, empty-handed and with weapons, is the training of the heart and mind for self-defense, if necessary, and for physical conditioning.

On the path of the budo one does not strive for victory over an opponent. One strive to avoid defeat by one's own self.

On the path of Budo one does not strive for victory over an opponent... one strives to avoid defeat by one's own self.

Back then in the early '90s, people weren't calling it MMA - we called it Knockdown Sport Budo.

Karate is Budo and if Budo is removed from Karate it is nothing more than sport karate, show karate, or even fashion karate-the idea of training merely to be fashionable.

Simply stated, aikido is a budo open to all people who aspire to unify the ki of the universe with the ki of oneself. For all members of the human race, it is the path to attaining harmony with all beings. The gates of aikido are open to people of all ages, classes, sexes, nationalities and races. Non-discrimination and non-exclusiveness are basic characteristics of aikido.

Always remember that the true meaning of Budo is that soft overcomes hard, small overcomes large.

Budo means constant progress, and lifelong training