Aiki (martial arts principle) Aiki (martial arts principle) Aiki from a Japanese budo term, at its most basic is a principle that allows a conditioned practitioner to negate or redirect an opponent's power. When applied, the aiki practitioner controls the actions of the attacker with minimal effort and with a distinct absence of muscular tension usually associated with physical effort. In Japanese "Aiki" is formed from two kanji: The kanji for "ai" is made of three radicals, "join", "one" and "mouth". Hence, "ai" symbolizes things coming together, merging. Aiki should not be confused with "wa" which refers to harmony. The kanji for "ki" represents
Muda (Japanese term) towards old behaviours without the process stopping. The word was brought across cultures as the "catchword" of Dio Brando, a central antagonist from the popular, long running manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. The word would go on to be repeated rapidly as the stand cry of Dio and later his son, Giorno Giovanna. Muda (Japanese term) From an end-customer's point of view, value-added work is any activity that produces goods or provides a service for which a customer is willing to pay; "muda" is any constraint or impediment that causes waste to occur. There are two types of muda: One