Chapter III - The Kajos in Budō #3 - Law No. 3 (三法)
O Sensei does not write sankyo (三教), nor does he write third pin as it has been translated into English. Instead, he writes 之ラ第三法ト稱ス: this is called the Third Law.
Philippe Voarino studied at the dojo of the Founder of Aikido, in Iwama. Master Saito passed on his method to him, encouraging him to discover, beyond this teaching tool, the true art of O Sensei.
O Sensei does not write sankyo (三教), nor does he write third pin as it has been translated into English. Instead, he writes 之ラ第三法ト稱ス: this is called the Third Law.
Tenchi, kokyu, kaiten, kaeshi, and shiho are technical principles present in every Aikido technique. Every Aikido technique must respect all of them in order for the unique principle of irimi in Aikido to be a reality.
The four great laws of the Aiki system have been reduced, in modern Aikido, to the four fundamental immobilisations, which are only one particular aspect of the four laws.
Without kaiten, without rotation, tenchi is ineffective; without tenchi, rotation is ineffective.
A French mind will always find it difficult to understand the part of the British character that has remained foreign to him.
Aiki-do is a method of controlling a person using his arm. Ikkyo is at the beginning of Budō as the form that best illustrates this method.
There are four kajos because there are four possible combinations of the three joints in the human arm. There are no more than that, which is why O Sensei speaks of only four Laws in Budō.