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its middotco-curriculllID O d Th DE gD I~ 6 aVI len Japanese are educated from young that KOTA KINABALU Universiti Malaysia they as a race are special Theygive up their Sabah (UMS) Vice Chancellor Professor individuality to become cogs in a system Datuk Dr Mohd Harun Abdullah sug- where the workplace is seen a family setshygested the States premieruniversity con- up rather than a source of income workshysider Aikido lesson as part of its ing together for the common good Dr ~o-curriculum Goldsbury said

Aikido is aformofJapaIlese selfcdefence The Japanese soCiety is avery polite martial art UMS is the first uriiversityincommuriity but with a verylong history of Aseari to organise the International Aikido war and conflict Today the spirit of the Seminar ledby Dr Peter Anthony Golds- Samurai warriors ~ho have become bushy

bury Chairman of the International Aikido reaucrats in offices is seen asrilore of Federation (JAF) Tokyo peacekeepers

Hiroshima University Emeritus Ptofes- He was speaking on The Japanese Culshysor Dr Goldsbury 71 has lived inJapanfor tlire and Attitude towards Work and Lifeshy36 years and is a 7th Dan Aikido Black Belt a comparative insight from Non-Japanese He will be here middotfor three days for the an- Perspective and Bushido (Wayof the Warshynuitl Aikido Seminar orgariised by UMS riors) Aikido Training I Centre and Aikikai Dr Goldsbury regretted the regression middot MalaysiaAs~ociation I of some Japanese universities to treating

On a personal n9te I strongly encour- students as mere consumers ofknowledge age our staff and stucknts to take up ascustomerswith funds in theface ofa de- Aikido lesson here inUMS so that you have cl~ning younge~ population as the immer- a balance and healthy lifestYle I mean ous universities compete for student work and exercise fitness said Dr Mohd intake HaqII) The values of humanity must tri1lllph

Generally Aikido is a way to harmonise over terrorism by cults ofdeath and UMS universal life energy It is centred on the seeks to imbue thisin its graduatesi with principle of non-aggression non-resis- good values even tromAikido tance non-competitive- in short the mas) Dr Goldsbury cited the Aum Shinrikyo

tering ofJhe art of peace and harmony (Supreme Truth)s power ofpersuasion at~ This martial art not only teaches self- tracting many highly educated intellectual defence but also promotes health and the people to take part in its March 20 1995 = development of mind body and spirit sarin gas attack in Tokyo as a case where l)ms enrol yourself Iwoul~ like to suggest unthinkiIlg graduates could Je manipushy

to the club management to cOIlsider pr6~ lated withoufgood humanjty values with posingto the unhersity that Aikido lesson hatred be offered as one of the universityS co-cur- The Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult carshyrieulum ned out the deadliest aCt of Japanese clo-

The newly established VMS Aikido mestic terrorism in themiddot post-war era Training Centre is h~lmed by Darwis releasing a toxic nerve gas that killed 13 Awang and UMS lecturer and ChiefAikido and injured thousands during the rush instructor Sensei Suzalie Mohamad who hour in Tokyo middot represented Malaysia in two majorinterna- Twenty yearsJater iii number of victims tional Aikido events the Sport Accord continueto ~uffer physical or mental aftershyWorld C9mbat Games held iIi Beijing effects of the sarin attack experiencing China in 2010 andinSt Peterburg Russia complicatioris such as impaired speech in 2013 blurred vision and post~traumatic stress

The UMS Aikido Training Centre plans disorder Some of the more unlucky ones to send delegates to attend the Interna- are still corifined to their beds tional Aikido Federation Congress in To date investigators have charged 192 TanasakiJapan from Sept 25 to Oct 32016 Aum members over their alllged role in _ Dr Mohd Harun hoped theUMS Aikido the attack with 13 members including

= Trairiing Centre will become a major centre leader Shoko Asahaia whose real naIl)e is middot to promote healthy lifestyle through self- Chizuo Matsumoto receiving the death middot defence sentence

Also present were Haji Muhammad Ha- Following Aums dismantlement forshyneef Aikikai Malaysia Technical Chairman mer members quickly reorganised into a President of the association Zainuddin group called Aleph in 2000 Otnersjqined

Abdul Khalic and Japanese Consular offi- a splinter group headed by former Aum cerKenroTakahashi spokesman FumihiroJoyu called Htkari no middot Dr Goldsbury attributed Gambaruor Wa eCifcle ofRainboWLight)

doing onls best in all situations inlifesso The spin-offgroups will remain under ci~lclass stationis aJapanese cultural trait the Public Security Intelligence Agencys that ensured their remarkaBle post-warre- surveillance until the end of January covery from widespread destruction 2018