Balance, center & confidence

“It is three things that all connect to each other and reinforce each other. As words they are nothing, but if you can understand them then you can do aikido.” These three things are balance, centre and confidence. “When you know where your centre is then you have balance. After that you get confidence, which again helps balance. Aikido techniques are only there to build these things.”

– Zitat von Jacques Payet, nachzulesen auf Seite 177 in Robert Twiggers “Angry White Pyjamas” (1997)