Jinbukan Dojo - Hamilton

description of the school

"A mind to serve for the peace of all humanity is needed in Aikido, and not the mind of one who wishes to be strong and practices only to defeat an opponent. There are neither opponents nor enemies for true budo. Therefore, to compete in techniques, winning and losing, is not true budo. True bodo knows no defeat. 'Never defeated' means never fighting. ...In Uesbiba's budo there are no enemies. The mistake is to begin to think that budo means to have an opponent or enemy, someone you want to be stronger than, someone you want to throw down. In true budo there is no enemy or opponent. True budo is to become one with the universe. In aikido we do not train to become powerful or to throw down some opponent. Rather we train in hopes of being of some use, however small our role may be, in the task of bringing peace to mankind around the world. In this hope we become on with the Universal."