Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
Very interesting what you are saying here. I understand a similar concept in the Tibetan White Crane that I train. It’s never been formally described to me and I’m not aware of an official term for it. But It is something I have come to understand through the training.This is called takemusu ("birth of martial") aiki, i.e. spontaneous martial techniques. As long as you respect these principles, your movement will turn into an aikido technique. This also means that as long as you respect those principles, you can use punches, kicks, single legs or machine guns and it will still be aikido. That's also one of the reasons why we practice with different weapons.