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It is always important to maintain good posture and a relaxed body. Good posture increases a sense of power and self-esteem. Good posture maintains a structurally supportive skeletal system and allows for the proper functioning of the central nervous system. Good posture maintains a sense of balance, stability, and mobility. Keeping the body relaxed minimizes stress, anxiety, and fear responses, while preventing antagonistic muscles from working against fluid responsive movement. Proper posture maintains balance, which is vitally important when executing aikido techniques with or against a weapon, since the extended range and torque of a weapon require a stable base.

Like good posture, structural alignment is also very important. Structural alignment ensures that maximum support is provided horizontally and vertically by the skeletal and muscular systems of the body. Structural alignment extends into the attacker so that a simple movement of the wrist aligns and interlocks the structural system toward the attacker’s kuzushi (balance point) and causes a loss of balance. Many aikido techniques facilitate the loss of structural alignment in the attacker, resulting in a total loss of control and power. The physical structural alignment of the body must extend beyond the body and through the tip of the weapon to maintain stability and ki energy flow.