Humble Aikido

The techniques do not rely on physical strength for their effectiveness. Aikido is a positive martial art.  In Aikido, one defends themselves from an attack by adding her strength to the strength of the attacker.  If some one attacks with one hundred percent of their power, an Aikido-ka  can add as little as 1% of their own strength to the opponent's attack in order to neutralize it.  By absorbing your attacker's power you even  become stronger.  This what allows the smaller person to overcome someone much larger.  It also gives a small female the power to toss much bigger and stronger attacker with no effort at all.