The art of ki fusion Aikido adds greater emphasis on fusing our ki (chi, or energy) with the attacker’s intention, so as to remove their stability or pillar of support, requiring very little generation of physical energy to overwhelm and subdue them.
Without ki, Aikido techniques draw more on the physical and while this can still be effective, a skilled or very strong attacker may be able to counter them more easily. For this reason channelling ki through technical forms is a major focus of our training.