The two terms Kiai and aiki use the same kanji (transposed) and can be thought of as the inner and the outer aspect of the same principle.[4]
Some martial arts schools use the term interchangeably. Otherwise Kiai
relates to the manifestation, emission or projection of ones own energy
(internal strength), while Aiki relates to the coordination of one's
energy with the energy of an external source. Thus kiai is the
expression or projection of our own, internal energy while aiki is
coordination with an attacker's energy.
This usage of kiai as internal strength, or using one's ki[5] is often found in aiki arts such as aikijujutsu and aikido.[6] In some schools such as the Ki Society, 'keeping one point' (awareness or centredness in the dantian) is described as kiai.[7]
In Japan the term may be used in daily conversation and simply means "fighting spirit".
In the board game Go the term also describes fighting spirit.
Aiki-jūjutsu is a Japanese martial art that can be broken into three styles:
Jujutsu (hard/ soft); Aiki no Jutsu (soft); and Aikijujutsu (soft) which
is the combination of the former two. Modern Japanese Jujutsu and
Aikido both are styles that originate in Aikijujutsu.
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