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“Put out your hand like this,” said Crum as he put his
hand up as if taking an oath, touching the student’s up-
raised hand. Crum pushed on the student’s upraised hand,
and the student just naturally, automatically reacted by
pushing back.
Crum said, “That’s the natural way of human beings. I
push, you give me resistance. You push back.”
Then, he asked the student to extend his hand in the
form of a fist. He did, and then Crum put his hand in a
closed fist in front of him and they both pushed against
each other. Each fist pushing the other.
“This is the way we experience life a lot,” said Crum.
“Just like this. A stalemate or struggle, where I’m trying to
win or you’re trying to win. In aikido, we don’t ever resist.”
Right at that moment Crum dropped his fist down,
and instantly the volunteer pushed right by him (and, in
aikido, you turn in the direction of the person going by
you). Crum turned with the volunteer and guided him
quickly and gently to the floor.
Crum said, “Now, this is aikido. I no longer resist, so
we’re no longer fighting. And guess what? We’re in per-
fect alignment so it’s very easy for me to direct this person
wherever I choose him to go. And that’s how aikido works.”
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