With shomen uchi ikkyo don’t meet at the top – the person may perceive this as you defending and change the attack.
It is not aggression from the martial artist that you should fear! It’s the calm from the lack of aggression you should fear the most.
All techniques must blend with your partner. If felt by their physical they will be resisted by their physical.
Have patience while walking the path of Aikido there really is no final destination. Study sincerely in the moment for today is what matters. Tomorrow will come all too soon. Reflect in the journey this is the ultimate goal.
The study of one’s posture within Aikido is as much spiritual as it is physical.
To have no compassion in your martial art, shows a cover up of our most natural instinct; “fear”.
Martial arts are not studied to enhance aggression, but to train the spirit to reveal flaws for ones own self correction.
Why do we study a lifetime of fighting within the martial arts? To seek a peaceful path to enlightenment.
To hate is to know love. Strive to love over hate, if we are all to survive.
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