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Respect should always be offered to the opponent first. Often this can lead an attitude of dis-harmony into a peaceful resolution.
Respect should always be offered to the opponent first. Often this can lead an attitude of dis-harmony into a peaceful resolution.
In ikkyo the hand on the elbow must travel in the same direction as the hand on the wrist.
We are all of this earth, do not fight or lay greed. The earth is plentiful if we can all learn to share it.
A martial artist should always train the mind as well as the body, but not always moving in synchronization.
The enlightened martial artist sees no enemy but the one within.
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.
To view one as an enemy is to see ourselves without having any wrong.
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.
When performing Nikkyo to the wrist, enter and then apply the pressure to the wrist, don’t apply pressure to the wrist first.
The true martial artist has a caring spirit that sees all as one.