Never fear another challenger, no matter how large; Never despise another challenger, no matter how small - Morihei Ueshiba

At the instant A warrior Confronts a foe, All things Come into focus

If your opponent strikes with fire, counter with water, becoming completely fluid and free-flowing. Water, by its nature, never collides with or breaks against anything. On the contrary, it swallows up any attack harmlessly.

This is how the universe came into being: There was no heaven, no earth, no universe — just empty space. In this vast emptiness, a single point suddenly manifested itself. From that point, steam, smoke, and mist spiraled forth in a luminous sphere and the sacred sound SU was born. As SU expanded circularly up and down, left and right, nature and breath began, clear and uncontaminated. Breath developed life, and sound appeared