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<p class="medium">The Highest Ethic, attainable through Aikido, is not only possible, it is practical.</p>
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<tr><td colspan=5><p class="ethic">The Highest Ethic of Defense</p></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="155"><p class="medium">Defender must deal with an unprovoked attack.</p></td>
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<td valign="top" width="150"><p class="medium">Using skill and control, Defender neutralizes the attack.</p></td>
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<td valign="top" width="180"><p class="medium">Attacker is left alive - not even seriously harmed.</p></td>
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<tr><td colspan=5><p class="ethic">A Less Admirable Ethic</p></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="171"><p class="medium">Defender must deal with an unprovoked attack.</p></td>
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<td valign="top" width="177"><p class="medium">Using skill and self-interest only, Defender defends himself.</p></td>
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<td valign="top" width="152"><p class="medium">Attacker's life is destroyed, or he is killed outright.</p></td>
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<tr><td colspan=5><p class="ethic">An Unethical Form of Defense</p></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="147"><p class="medium">A physical attack is verbally or otherwise provoked.</p></td>
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<td valign="top" width="192"><p class="medium">The physical attack is met with a severe and skilled response.</p></td>
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<td valign="top" width="164"><p class="medium">Attacker's life is destroyed, or he is killed outright.</p></td>
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<tr><td colspan=6><p class="ethic">Lowest Ethic of Defense</p></td></tr>
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<td valign="top" width="146"><p class="medium">An unprovoked, physical attack is initiated.</p></td>
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<td valign="top" width="175"><p class="medium">Attacker uses his skill to destroy the other.</p></td>
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<td valign="top" width="138"><p class="medium">The other is left dead.</p></td>
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<p class="medium">It is impossible to harm another without harming yourself in the process.</p>
<p class="small">Illustrations by Oscar Ratti from “Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere.”</p>
<p align=center class="medium"><a href="http://www.advdojo.org">Aikido of Diablo Valley<br>www.advdojo.org</a></p>
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