11+ Inspirational Morihei Ueshiba Quotes on Life and Martial Arts


Morihei Ueshiba was a Japanese martial artist. He was known as the founder of Aikido. For which, he is often referred to as  Ōsensei "the Great Teacher".  He has inspired generation of martial arts practitioners and many of his disciples are world-renowned martial artist themselves.

As soon as you concern yourself with the “good” and “bad” of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weakens and defeats you.
Morihei Ueshiba

Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment.
Morihei Ueshiba

Fill yourself with Ki, invite the attack.
Morihei Ueshiba

Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.
Morihei Ueshiba

If your heart is large enough to envelop your adversaries, you can see right through them and avoid their attacks. And once you envelop them, you will be able to guide them along the path indicated to you by heaven and earth.
Morihei Ueshiba

In Aikido we never attack. An attack is proof that one is out of control. Never run away from any kind of challenge, but do not try to suppress or control an opponent unnaturally. Let attackers come any way they like and then blend with them. Never chase after opponents. Redirect each attack and get firmly behind it.
Morihei Ueshiba

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead
Morihei Ueshiba

Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.
Morihei Ueshiba

One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.
Morihei Ueshiba

The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us
Morihei Ueshiba

There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within
Morihei Ueshiba

To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.
Morihei Ueshiba

When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace.
Morihei Ueshiba

When you bow deeply to the universe, it bows back; when you call out the name of God, it echoes inside you.
Morihei Ueshiba

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