A rule seems to emerge which is this: for the irimi principle to be manifested, all Aiki techniques must be executed by moving in four square steps. This is the meaning of the ideogram 方 in 四方 (shiho), and shiho nage is simply an application that illustrates this general rule particularly well.
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.
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.
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.
Yonkajo is the family that includes all techniques that act simultaneously on both the elbow and shoulder joints. Two movements form the core of this technique: yonkyo and tenchi nage.
The kajos are laws defining the links that bind the Aikido techniques together. These laws relate to the locking of the joints of the human arm.
