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Although its practice has spread throughout the world, aikido remains an enigma. Master Ueshiba, its founder, spoke more extensively about the spiritual principles that guided him than about technical aspects, describing it as a manifestation of love.
Nevertheless, his spiritual legacy has been extensively transcribed through writings, images, and the testimonies of his students, and these form an invaluable corpus for attempting to understand how a descendant of samurai came to found a martial art of peace and love.