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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.
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 view one as an enemy is to see ourselves without having any wrong.
To win over an enemy with love is a far greater reward than to conquer the enemy with hate.
Those who only seek destruction within the martial arts are disconnected to themselves and all fragile life.
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.
To care for others is the real martial art. To not care shows a disregard for yourself and the universe.
Why do we bear arms at the slightest miscommunication? Our relationship with our ego craves always to be right.