Editing Aikido (section)

===Religious influences===
[[File:Onisaburo Deguchi 2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Onisaburo Deguchi]]
After Ueshiba left Hokkaido in 1919, he met and was profoundly influenced by [[Onisaburo Deguchi]], the spiritual leader of the [[Ōmoto-kyō]] religion (a neo-[[Shinto]] movement) in [[Ayabe, Kyoto|Ayabe]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia
 |last=Pranin
 |first=Stanley
 |title=Morihei Ueshiba and Onisaburo Deguchi
 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Aikido
|url=http://www.aikidojournal.com/article.php?articleID=73
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017200533/http://www.aikidojournal.com/article.php?articleID=73
 |archive-date=17 October 2007
}}</ref> One of the primary features of Ōmoto-kyō is its emphasis on the attainment of [[utopia]] during one's life. The idea was a great influence on Ueshiba's martial arts philosophy of extending love and compassion especially to those who seek to harm others. Aikido demonstrates this philosophy in its emphasis on mastering martial arts so that one may receive an attack and harmlessly redirect it. In an ideal resolution, not only is the receiver unharmed, but so is the attacker.<ref>{{cite web
| last = Oomoto Foundation
| title = The Teachings
| work = Teachings and Scriptures
| publisher = Netinformational Commission
| year = 2007
| url = http://www.oomoto.or.jp/English/enDokt/dokt-en.html
| access-date = 14 August 2007
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070813025607/http://www.oomoto.or.jp/English/enDokt/dokt-en.html
| archive-date= 13 August 2007
| url-status= live}}</ref> In addition to the effect on his spiritual growth, the connection with Deguchi gave Ueshiba entry to elite political and military circles as a martial artist. As a result of the exposure, he was able to attract not only financial backing but also gifted students. Several of the students went on to begin their own styles of aikido.<ref name="Styles">{{cite journal
 |last=Shishida
 |first=Fumiaki
 |title=Aikido
 |journal=Aikido Journal
 |date=January 2002
|url=http://www.aikidojournal.com/article.php?articleID=626
 |isbn=0-9647083-2-9
 |publisher=Shodokan Pub.
 |location=Berkeley, CA
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225638/http://www.aikidojournal.com/article.php?articleID=626
 |archive-date=26 September 2007
}}</ref>