AIKIDO: A TOOL FOR SENSIBLE LIVING AND HEALING IN A VIOLENT WORLD This article was originally prepared for publication in the Aikikai Australia's newsletter. Pretoria, South Africa 2012-07-23 I feel honoured to be connected to your Federation through my friendship with Tony Smibert Shihan and George Lo Sensei. Smibert sensei kindly asked me to share some of my thoughts on this forum and it is my pleasure to do so as an extended member of the International Aikido family. I became the unfortunate victim of a violent armed attack which happened in front of my house in Menlo Park, Pretoria earlier this year. The incident forced me to do a lot of questioning and introspection. The criminals started their senseless killing spree a few blocks away from my house. It was late January 2012. They first shot and permanently maimed a neighbour, then fled the scene and came pass my house as I returned home from Aikido p...