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There are constant messages guiding our paths through life. To hear we must stop our busy lives a moment and listen.
There are constant messages guiding our paths through life. To hear we must stop our busy lives a moment and listen.
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.
Learning to be soft when intimidated is the key to progress. If the ego will not yield to the attackers physical aggression a conflict of the physical to co-exist takes place. This restricts the true concepts of Aikido to be realised.
To have no compassion in your martial art, shows a cover up of our most natural instinct; “fear”.
To hate or to not hate an enemy! It starts within your mind! Train to see all from the same perspective.
With shomen uchi ikkyo don’t meet at the top – the person may perceive this as you defending and change the attack.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
A martial artist should not be measured on their ability to hurt or destroy an enemy but how they can change aggression into the art of peace.
Why do we bear arms at the slightest miscommunication? Our relationship with our ego craves always to be right.