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Why is there so much energy given to the art of war? The art of peace requires so little!
Why is there so much energy given to the art of war? The art of peace requires so little!
You can own a sword, display a sword or collect to sell swords. But the way of the samurai sword is only revealed to the user.
To hate is to know love. Strive to love over hate, if we are all to survive.
In ikkyo the hand on the elbow must travel in the same direction as the hand on the wrist.
Everyone seeks some form of appreciation. Strive to offer appreciation whenever possible and you will create a peaceful wake wherever you go.
Compassion is a powerful word. In it contains all of what is martial and what is art. Yet without the years in its study one may not come to understand its true meaning.
Don’t be attracted only to powerful techniques within a martial art you do see, but more in the peaceful path of what you don’t see.
There are constant messages guiding our paths through life. To hear we must stop our busy lives a moment and listen.
Why do we study a lifetime of fighting within the martial arts? To seek a peaceful path to enlightenment.