{"id":133,"date":"2018-09-04T15:25:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T15:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyaikido.com\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2019-04-02T14:26:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:26:27","slug":"why-ki-aikido","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/akaikido.co.uk\/index.php\/why-ki-aikido\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ki Aikido"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/happyaikido.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/crane.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/akaikido.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/crane.png 100w, https:\/\/akaikido.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/crane-60x300.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All aikido uses Ki. Ki can be thought of as an inner power which is not based on a person&#8217;s normal physical constraints. Whether the practitioner explains Ki in spiritual terms or prefers to consider Ki as just a natural progression of increased focus and clarity of thought within the technique is unimportant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most forms of aikido believe Ki is learned automatically by practising aikido. Ki aikido has developed techniques to aid the learning of Ki, deliberately using successively harder tests to help the student learn to perform well under pressure. These tests are structured so that although the practice is challenging, they remain within the limits of the practitioner&#8217;s ability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All aikido uses Ki. Ki can be thought of as an inner power which is not based on a person&#8217;s normal physical constraints. Whether the practitioner explains Ki in spiritual terms or prefers to consider Ki as just a natural progression of increased focus and clarity of thought within the technique is unimportant Most forms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-133","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Ki Aikido - Association of Ki Aikido - Hampstead dojo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/akaikido.co.uk\/index.php\/why-ki-aikido\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Ki Aikido - Association of Ki Aikido - Hampstead dojo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"All aikido uses Ki. 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