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Another important line to stay aware of is the line of attack—the imaginary line that demonstrates and denotes the direction of the incoming attack. The attack line usually follows the attacker’s centerline, directed through the feet, to the centerline of the defender’s body. The best rule to remember is to “get off the attack line” to ensure that you are not grabbed or hit. When you get off the attack line, you will not only avoid meeting the attack with the anticipated resistance, but you will also allow the natural momentum and inertia of the attack to become overextended. The attacker will then reach beyond his range of power and lose his balance. Even a large, well-trained attacker with a weapon is easier to control when he is off balance, and is harder to hit when he is off the direct line of intended attack. It takes awareness and experience to adapt and calibrate the extended line of attack in weapons training, both offensively and defensively.

Everything in nature has a rhythm, and aikido is said to follow the laws and ways of nature. There is an internal rhythm coordinating body movement. The arms, torso, and legs move in unison, as if following the same rhythm. There is also the rhythm between practitioners. As dance partners move to the same beat, aikido practitioners also move together, to the same rhythm. This entering into and blending within the same rhythm facilitates a fluid exchange and responsiveness to techniques. Finding the rhythm of movement is important in weapons training. All movement initiates, avoids, or even interrupts the rhythm. In the dojo, the sound of wood against wood makes the rhythm of weapons training obvious and exciting.