武道練習(合気道）合気道開祖・植芝守高著・BUDO TRAINING IN AIKIDO

武道練習(合気道）合気道開祖・植芝守高著・BUDO TRAINING IN AIKIDO他武道書買取させていただきました。

複版にあたって　合気道主 植芝吉祥丸
合気道に対する各界の関心は 社会的に定着し、日本だけでなく世界各国にその裾野を確 実に拡げつつあります。

これは自然との一体感による人間そのものの覚醒が合気道を通ずる鍛錬の中に求められ、然も凡ゆる階層、人種の中でも一貫して変りない事が各方面の共鳴を呼んでいるからです。

真の道理は人種、環境等凡ゆる相違にも何等影響されない事は誰もが認めている処です。 合気道の中に生きているこの道理を実践する事は、人間らしさがあふれた豊かな社会造りに の繁栄をもたらすものだという開祖盛平翁の道念が、世界的に理解されて来たかと思えば誠に喜ばしい事です。

この書物は、昭和七年、開祖盛平翁が合気道に至る鍛錬の道程を教示する目的で,武道練習として出版し、修業者の中でも特に心技上達の著しい人々に手渡したものです。

従って、出版された数は非常に少なく、その內容は修業者の心に問う形で進められ、殆んど説明を入れず画を主体としたものでした。

第二次大戦後若干の復版を致しましたが、貴重な記録として一般公開に至らず現在迄止め置かれていました。 今般、合気道の世界的発展とともに、各方面の熱烈な希望と、港リサーチ社主菅原鉄孝氏の熱心な要請により復版される事になったものです。

最初出版の当時は何せ現在より半世紀前の事、文章の中で理解に苦しむ点があるとも思われますが、合気道を通しての人間的鍛錬という事を中心としてご解釈頂けば、ご理解出来るものと思います。 

最近は原点に帰るという事がよく使われますが、折角盛んになりつつある合気道の原点を訪ねる意味でも、出版の意義の深さを感ずるものです。

今回の復版に対する関係各位のご協力に対し心から敬意を表するとともに、この復版が合気道のより良き認識と 音波に大きな力となります事をお祈り致します。

PREFACE

Bu derives from God’s own substance and mind, and is a major spiritual component of the truth, goodness and beauty embodied in the founding of our nation. Bujutsu arose along the way of the Imperial nation and lays its foundation on the sincerity of Kotodama 1 expression coming from the Aiki 2 between Man and the hundreds of gods (Kami) 3. Moreover this sincere mind, which we call the Yamato Spirit, is attained through training the body. By trying to unite the body in this spirit, which is oneness resulting from the training of the sincere soul, Bujutsu takes as its purpose the building of the sincere man, possessing the spiritual oneness and unity which allows not the slightest opening between the body and the spirit.

As soon as Man is born, he encounters troublesome times. However, if you train in such a way that every encounter is seen as a major crisis, that is, as true Shugyo 4 or as a vitally important trial, then you can go back and forth between the arenas of the living and the dead and it becomes possible to transcend the very idea of life and death. The main thing is to attain the “Way” which opens up [reality] calmly and clearly, just as in “every-day” situations, no matter what kind of terrible crisis or dangerous events you may face.

In olden times it was said the Bu was conveyed from the gods to the Emperor, and then to military commanders. There is wisdom in this; namely, that this “Way” realizes the genuineness of the Imperial way. With this in mind, we understand and embody the truth of Heaven and Earth and, for the sake of governing the universe, master worldly affairs inside our stomachs by means of the Universal Kokyū 5 and our own breathing. We come to express the sincerity of genuine spiritual unity and oneness-of-soul which takes charge of the masses with its technique of oneness and instructs us in the way of governing the nation, of pacifying the public, of dispersing evil and of spreading the right law. The main purpose (of Bu, then,] is to enhance the prestige of the Empire and to bring light to the whole nation.

[The contents of] this book were taught taking into consideration the time, place and the mentality of the participants at the summer school of Showa 8(1933).

As social conditions change and the human mind progresses, [your] Bujutsu should continually shift direction, under the guidance of [your] seniors. But, by reading this book and training, understanding of the true meaning of Bujutsu will grow unconsciously and you will become a true master.

Moreover, since this book will be passed down to the trainee who has received its instruction as a sort of certificate of achievement, the author sincerely asks the trainees to build up (a store of） hard training experience every day under (qualified） instruction in order to master the essential techniques and to proceed onto more advanced ones.