One thing that makes aikido is so powerful,
it utilizes power of opponents to win the fight.

Everyday we are at war.
Peaceful mind is earned.

Peace is not a state of nature. It is an effort done by the living.

If you escape from a necessary fight, pray you will live long enough to wait for and deal with the same challenge that must be settled.

The eminent strategy had won yesterday,
but defeat will be felt by enemy tomorrow.

In any fighting without rules, there is always rule of thumb. One of them is not to be fooled by the snapping and the look of enemy.