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The technical execution, application, and utilization of leverage and pivot points greatly enhance the power of aikido. Leverage generates more power by using a fulcrum type of pressure to move an object with less effort than if force were applied directly to the object. A slight movement at one end of a weapon can produce a large impact at the other end.

The technical execution and application of the wave motion is to move up-down-up, down-up-down, in-out-in, out-in-out, forward-back-forward, or back-forward-back. The movement takes into account the resistance offered to an initial move, accepts it until the resistance is released, and then immediately reapplies the directional intention to the now emptied and open pathway.

SEQUENTIAL EXECUTION

There are four sequential stages of aikido technique execution: (1) enter and blend, (2) redirect and unbalance, (3) throw or control, and (4) let go and move away.

The first stage, enter and blend, applies to the utilization of weapons. Entering means to move toward, and in synchronization with, another. Blending means to become one and move as a unit rather than as two individuals. When attacked by a weapon, rather than retreat, an aikido practitioner allows the attack to continue on its attack line without resistance, while stepping off the attack line and entering or bridging the distance to the attacker.