Developing the determination to resolve a conflict situation by not only using technique but by applying the fullest ability and wisdom is BUGOKORO (spirit / spirit of BUDO). You have to realize that AIKIDO is nothing more or less than the expression and the embodiment of this BUGOKORO
The fruit of a long physical and spiritual search by it’s founder, Morihei Ueshiba, it teaches counter techniques based on joint manipulations, throws, and pins.