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AIKIDO is a unique martial art that combines the techniques of a variety of martial arts forms with a strong spiritual belief in love, peace, and harmony. As a result of this unique combination, aikido is beautiful and flowing, yet also a powerful and effective martial art.

Because aikido is made up of these two distinct elements—the technique and the spirit—people are often drawn to one aspect of the art more than the other at first. Some people are looking to aikido as a means of personal growth and spiritual transformation, while others are drawn to the flowing, powerful, and effective movements of aikido technique. What one discovers after dedicated practice is that these two seemingly separate elements are really interconnected, so that the spirit is discovered through practice of technique, and technique is improved when the spirit is embraced.