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Athletic programs that facilitate peak performances, the flow, and the zone, all have several things in common. The first is the centering of the athlete's attention and total awareness in the present task. The second is the use of repetitive rhythmic routine and training. The third is to trust one's training to the point where conscious control and thought are removed.

It can easily be seen that training with honest intensity and intent in aikido will produce peak flow and zone performances or what one might call takemusuaiki, the spontaneous and creative execution of aikido.

ETIQUETTE TRAINING

Everything in aikido begins and ends with etiquette and respect, essential parts of the continuous practice of aikido. Etiquette and respect should find natural expression in all one does. The essence of aikido is to unite "with the universes energy (ki) and to follow the dynamic flow of nature." (UESHIBA, K. 2004, P. 24).

This should be the basic principle in the mind of every practitioner. There are not a lot of formal rules of etiquette in aikido because by following the principles of nature all people will behave respectfully and with the highest good for all in mind. This represents the very positive, even optimistic, point of view of aikido.