Waraku Martial Arts

According to the Kyoto Iori program, "martial arts" is the standard English translation fo the art forms that grew out of ancient swordsmanship, but the word "martial" is a misnomer, because what is taught at the Iori program is about peace, not about fighting. Waraku focuses on the eight fundamental movements that the human body can make. These are a series of spirals, that cover in and out, up and down, and the four cardinal directions. The spiral is the fundamental line of the universe, the path that planets, stars, and galaxies traverse.