" I then understood that what we needed at this time was not a martial arts movement that was constrained by tense shoulders, clenched fists and a tight hara, but one in which our hands and bodies are open to our partner and our neighbour in a gesture of respect, forgiveness and acceptance. What is required is a martial art which allows us to start from this idea. A martial art of today must be a means of developing a new philosophy allowing people all over the world to understand and help each other; it must contribute to the education of the universal human with a global point of view." ¹