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To win over an enemy with love is a far greater reward than to conquer the enemy with hate.
To win over an enemy with love is a far greater reward than to conquer the enemy with hate.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
Look for a Sensei that can inspire you to search beyond technique. The longer you study the martial arts, clearer will be your understanding within the applied techniques.
Do not view martial arts as mere self-defence! You could miss out on so much more they offer.
If you study the martial arts with aggression and malice this will eventually bring you to view the world from a fearful place.
To hate is to know love. Strive to love over hate, if we are all to survive.
Why do we study a lifetime of fighting within the martial arts? To seek a peaceful path to enlightenment.
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.
Without some form of understanding of “ki”, the brain will always interpret technique from a physical perspective.
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.