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Be more attracted to the less aggressive side within the martial arts, control without destruction is the key.
Be more attracted to the less aggressive side within the martial arts, control without destruction is the key.
Uke’s part in trying to hold nage with strength within the technique, teaches spiritual & physical flexibility.
As there are opposites such as, positive and negative, yin and yang, war and peace. We should always strive to seek the art of peace.
Why do we bear arms at the slightest miscommunication? Our relationship with our ego craves always to be right.
Within the martial arts, while competition in the form of sport exists, the art of Budo, a way of love may never be truly understood.
Those who only seek destruction within the martial arts are disconnected to themselves and all fragile life.
The true martial artist has a caring spirit that sees all as one.
Learning to receive holds like nikkyo, sankyo, kotegashi etc. Is the study of extending ki out of an arm that is constantly flexible.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
There really are no throws in Aikido only the art of leading your partners ki with your ki in a unified direction. Anything other than this opposes harmony and will inevitably be a throw.