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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!
To win over an enemy with love is a far greater reward than to conquer the enemy with hate.
To have no compassion in your martial art, shows a cover up of our most natural instinct; “fear”.
Treat others in the way you would like to be treated and a harmony shall exist.
All techniques must blend with your partner. If felt by their physical they will be resisted by their physical.
Learning to receive holds like nikkyo, sankyo, kotegashi etc. Is the study of extending ki out of an arm that is constantly flexible.
The study of one’s posture within Aikido is as much spiritual as it is physical.
To view one as an enemy is to see ourselves without having any wrong.
With shomen uchi ikkyo don’t meet at the top – the person may perceive this as you defending and change the attack.