ZAZEN

Seated meditation (zazen) supplements the aikidô lessons in the dojô. Zazen is a central moment of the practice, whose understanding the profound significance of Budô (the complete set of Japanese martial arts) is based on.

Aikidô is often called zen in movement but this statement would lose its meaning if the practice were not also founded on seated (za) meditation (zen).
The highly dynamic aspect of aikidô integrates fully with the stable and rigorous posture of zazen, creating a fruitful reciprocal influence.

In the dôjô Aikizen no kai zazen is considered synonymous of anjôdaza.

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