What is Harmony Airway?

★Wakido is a martial art developed based on martial arts such as jujitsu, kendo, and lance, with harmonious energy as the core principle. Its founder is Ueshiba Morihei, who was born in 1883 in Sina Valley Village, Nishimulou County, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

★ Morihei Ueshiba was frail and sickly in his childhood, but he was very smart, with super reaction ability and memory. When he was a boy, he went to Tokyo to learn "Kikaikai Ryū" jujitsu and "Shenin-ryu" jujitsu. He joined the army as a soldier at the age of 20 and returned to his hometown four years later to open a martial arts gym and teach jujitsu. He also learned judo from Takagi Kiyoichi, a ninth-dan judo player, and Yagyu-style jujitsu from Nakai Masakatsu, an expert in "Yagyu-ryu jujitsu." Yagyu style jujitsu uses the idea of ??softness to overcome hardness, which played an important role in its later creation and airway.

★In 1908, Morihei Ueshiba received his Jiu-Jitsu coaching certificate.

★In 1912, he went to Hokkaido with the dream of "opening up Hokkaido". There he learned Daito-ryu Jujitsu from the famous "Daito-ryu Jujitsu" Takeda Kaku, and obtained the secret book "Secret Secret" of Jujitsu. This also had a significant impact on the later formation of the airway.

★In 1920, Morihei Ueshiba moved to Kyoto from Hokkaido, and met the famous "Ohonjio" teacher Dechi Ou Nisaburo in Ayabe, Kyoto Prefecture. With the help of export king Nisaburo, Morihei Ueshiba opened the "Ueshiba Boxing Gym". During this period, he integrated the essence of various jujitsu, kendo, and spear skills, and opened up a new realm of "harmony" where qi, heart, and body are unified.

★In 1922, Morihei Ueshiba officially named his martial arts "Waki Martial Arts", also known as "Waki Jujutsu". But at this time, Waikido is still a pure martial art that uses changing techniques to subdue opponents.

★In 1924, Ueshiba Morihei and Export King Nisaburo went to Mongolia and joined the Mongolian army. In a battle with Zhang Zuolin's army, Morihei Ueshiba's army suffered a devastating blow.

★After Morihei Ueshiba fled back to Japan, he still opened a Budokan in Ayabe, Kyoto. But he realized that martial arts cannot be limited to martial arts. More importantly, through martial arts training, one's body and mind can be assimilated to the nature of the universe. At this time, his martial arts thoughts had risen from a simple martial arts perspective to a perspective of advocating martial arts based on life philosophy. This was an important turning point in the history of Aikido! Under the guidance of new ideas, Ueshiba Morihei improved the Japanese martial arts.

★In 1926, Japanese Navy Admiral Isamu Takeshita summoned Morihei Ueshiba to Tokyo after hearing about the reputation of Waiki martial arts. After the interview, Takeshita immediately decided to fully support Morihei Ueshiba. The following year, Isamu Takeshita also gave his property to Morihei Ueshiba. Heqi martial arts has a base in Tokyo and develops rapidly.

★In 1931, Morihei Ueshiba built the headquarters of Japanese martial arts in Ushiruwakamatsu Street, Tokyo, named it "Imperial Martial Arts Hall", and later established branches in Osaka, Hyogo and other places.

★In 1936, Ueshiba Morihei officially named it "Waikido". This is how Waikido was founded...

★As a major school in Japan, Waikido has developed very rapidly. As World War II entered its peak, Morihei Ueshiba saw the cruelty of the war, so he lived in seclusion in the rural area of ??Iwama, Ibaraki Prefecture, where he worked as a farmer and practiced martial arts in his spare time.

★In 1945, Japan was defeated and surrendered. The Aikido headquarters in Tokyo was also in ruins.

★In 1946, after graduating from Japan’s Waseda University, Ueshiba Morihei’s son, Ueshiba Kichijomaru, took on the important task of reviving and airway, and held spring and autumn airway seminars.

★In 1950, Ueshiba Kichishomaru held the "Waki Kaiho".

★From 1953 to 1955, Japan’s economy recovered, and Japanese Buddhism also entered a stage of revival. The number of students increased and facilities improved. The Tao Seminar was changed to the "All Japan Waikido Martial Arts Competition".

★In 1956, the first public martial arts competition of Japanese martial arts was held, which caused a sensation in Tokyo. On the last day of the conference, Morihei Ueshiba performed on stage in person, and the audience was amazed by his amazing skills. Since then, Waikido has gained huge influence in Japan, and its branches have been opened in various places, developing even more rapidly.

★Nowadays, Harmony Way has become a popular martial art in the world.

The principle of harmonizing the Qi Dao:

★The core of the principle of harmonizing the Qi Dao is "Qi" and "harmony Qi".

★Qi has many meanings, it can represent the objective natural gas, or it can also represent abstract gas (spiritual energy, murderous energy, etc.). The qi mentioned here does not refer to a specific substance, but refers to the natural qi of life in heaven and earth. The concept of Qi in the Qi Dao can be said to be derived from philosophy.

★ Regarding harmony, Morihei Ueshiba once explained as follows: Qi is the root of life activities. Harmony is to make the best use of the energy of life, so that any part of the human body can feel the presence of energy, and make the energy You can move at will according to your own will and achieve a state of unity between mind and body.

★The so-called utilization of qi requires understanding the subtle changes in breathing, and then being able to use breathing methods to cultivate one's character, master the art of martial arts, and make martial arts movements change according to changes in breathing.

★The so-called harmony of heart and qi means that personal psychological activities are consistent with qi (qi here is divided into internal and external), and there must be no rebellious psychology. Internal refers to self-breathing; external refers to belongings or people other than the individual.

When attacking the enemy, do not confront the enemy directly, but change its momentum during the attack and subdue the opponent in nature.

★The so-called combination of body and qi means that one's actions are consistent with the internal and external qi. Being in harmony with the inside means that the movements should be coordinated with the breathing; being in harmony with the outside means that one should reasonably utilize one's own advantages in response to changes in the external environment, and actions should be consistent with changes in external forces.

Characteristics of He Qi Channel:

★The technical movements of He Qi Channel are very gentle. In terms of exerting force, Heqi Dao uses a "flowing water" method of exerting force. The flowing water is gentle but indestructible. The same is true for the power of Wakido. Its technique can effectively buffer the opponent's tough attack, eliminate its power, achieve the effect of using softness to overcome hardness, and finally subdue the opponent.

★Wakido is a martial art that subdues opponents in defense, rather than actively attacking others. Therefore, He Qi Dao does not have active offensive techniques...

★He Qi Dao is a comprehensive martial arts, including unarmed techniques, swords, staffs, daggers and other weapon techniques. In all techniques, the movements are relatively gentle, and there are no movements such as jumping in the air. Unarmed skills can be divided into three categories: body skills, throwing skills, and solid skills (of which throwing skills and solid skills are the main parts).