Aikibojitsu and Aikido
Do not concentrate
On striking your opponent
Deport yourself naturally
Like moonbeams flooding
Into a leaky cottage
The penetrating brilliance of a sword
wielded by one of the Way
strikes at the enemy
lurking deep within
one's own body and mind
Bokuju (Mu-chou) was once asked by a monk, 'What is the doctrine that goes beyond the Buddhas and Fathers?'
The master, immediately holding up his staff, said to the congregation, 'I call this a staff... what would you call it?'
No answer was forthcoming, whereupon the master, again holding forth the staff, asked the monk, 'Did you not ask
me about the doctrine that goes beyond the Buddhas and Fathers?'