Past Times
To compose any kind of essay has never been an easy task for me, so I
tried to keep following lines as simple as possible.
…
Apart from the practical part of Aikido, I’ve also been very passionate
and interested in its background, linked to the past and origins, which
sometimes slips beyond relevance diverting me into Japanese ancient
history connected with great generals and battles well known from
Japanese historical records like Kojiki or Nihon Shoki.
Basically, since I started Aikido in my teens I’ve always strived to do
as much research as I possibly could trying to understand relevance
between past and presence with coherence and influence of art to its
main predecessors.
Not only martial but also discovering other crucial aspects taking
important roles throughout the centuries in Japanese history provided
intellectual part of me with very interesting insight helping my growth
from different angle too.
All of these creates one part in my development on my way of AIKI which
always has been very enjoyable and exciting part for me and revealed
many interesting answers to what I love so much – “ AIKIDO “
Peter
過去（歴史）
弐段 ピーター ゴンバラ
どんなエッセイでも私にとってエッセイを書くことは難しいので、できるだけ簡
潔に書きたいと思います。
実践的な部分の合気道に加えて、私は合気道の背景（過去や起源）にものすごく
興味を持っています。それは合気道とは関係がないのかもしれませんが、古事記
や日本書紀に書かれているような大名や歴史的な戦いです。
私はティーンエイジャーのときに合気道を始めて以来、主なる先駆者たちがどの
ようにして過去から現在に至るまでに合気道に関わってきたかを研究してきまし
た。
武道としてだけでなく、日本の歴史を学ぶことは、興味の幅を広げ、別の角度か
らも合気道を見ることにつながっています。
こういうこと全てが私の合気の道を楽しく、情熱的にし続けてくれていて、そう
いうことが私が合気道を大好きな答えです。