We tend to associate Buddhist awakening with non-violence and not taking part in conflicts. It turns out that one can do this from the heart of martial arts, as Morihei Ueshiba did during several wars. Let’s see how he described his own experiences, in a mixture of Buddhist and Shinto terms.
Morihei Ueshiba's three divine visions & the philosophy of Aikido 植芝盛平
In 1925, Ueshiba, while unarmed, defeated a Naval officer armed with a wooden sword without hurting the officer. He went back to his garden and said
I felt the Universe suddenly quake and a golden spirit sprang up from the ground, veiled my body, and changed my mind into a golden one.