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It takes greater courage to lead by truth than to lead with fear and deception.
It takes greater courage to lead by truth than to lead with fear and deception.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
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.
To have no compassion in your martial art, shows a cover up of our most natural instinct; “fear”.
Everyone seeks some form of appreciation. Strive to offer appreciation whenever possible and you will create a peaceful wake wherever you go.
If you study the martial arts with aggression and malice this will eventually bring you to view the world from a fearful place.
To show compassion is one of the highest values. Strive within your martial art to make this your priority.
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.
To win over an enemy with love is a far greater reward than to conquer the enemy with hate.