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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kesh" data-source="post: 1290820" data-attributes="member: 1308">Wow. I never knew all that about Aikido.Out of curiosity, barsoomcore, are the form's teachings inspired by Taoism, Buddhism or another philosophy? Many of your points sound very close to Taoist belief.Especially the 'necessary evil' part. One core belief in Taoism is that causing harm to others is anathema to a Taoist, because you are interfering with their life. There's an old parable about that:A Taoist master had been teaching about the importance of doing no harm, when a student asked a question. If a madman broke into one's home and attacking his family, would a Taoist refuse to act?The teacher responded that, no, for allowing the violence to continue would be causing more harm than acting. "How then," asked the student, "can a Taoist defend his family and maintain his faith? A madman will not listen to reason, and nothing short of murder will stop him."In response, the teacher stated, "Then the Taoist, finding no other solution, would have to kill the madman. However, he would take no pleasure in the act, and furthermore would be saddened that he had no other way to stop the madman."Taoism recognizes that murder is an evil act, but there are times when one must act in order to prevent a greater evil. One should always regret having to take that action, though.</blockquote>