Over the years, I’ve written a lot of short pieces regarding the martial art Aikido. A Japanese martial art derived from Japan’s traditional martial arts. Morihei Ueshiba (December 14, 1883 – April 26, 1969), a renowned martial artist and highly religious man, created Aikido. He developed Aikido, as the name implies, to teach the fundamentals of harmonizing one’s body and mind with the universal energy referred to as Ki.