Ki to the City
in Three Aikido Lessons
by Richard Moon
Explore the Aikido based somatic practice of DBSO (Drop Back, Sink, Open) to actively choose peace from the inside out.
What if the most complex challenges of human life could be assuaged in three simple, physical movements?
Distilled from over fifty years of training, teaching, and real-world conflict facilitation, Richard Moon Sensei has manifested an experiential blueprint for returning to presence.
Originally drafted as a guide to personal centering, this work evolved in the middle of the night as Moon Sensei would sit up asking how a somatic practice could address collective, global crises. The result is a poetic masterpiece of experiential medicine designed to bypass the analytical noise in your head and .
bring forth the power of somatic presence.
Rather than wading through dry, technical jargon or rigid forms, Create a Beautiful World distills the practice down to three essential somatic pillars:
Feel the glow of life that is yourSELF.
Breathe in harmony with yourSELF.
Enjoy yourSELF intentionally.
Through the central physical practice of DBSO (Drop Back, Sink, Open), this book offers a somatic trigger to initiate a "thalamic pause"—a small, intentional gap of quiet awareness before reacting to external pressure, conflict, or stress.
It’s a powerful invitation to choose joy as a volitional, active practice, aligning with O-Sensei’s core vision that Budo is a path of loving protection meant to reconcile the world and make humanity one family.
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