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Those who only seek destruction within the martial arts are disconnected to themselves and all fragile life.
Those who only seek destruction within the martial arts are disconnected to themselves and all fragile life.
To hate is to know love. Strive to love over hate, if we are all to survive.
To hate or to not hate an enemy! It starts within your mind! Train to see all from the same perspective.
To show compassion is one of the highest values. Strive within your martial art to make this your priority.
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.
In ikkyo the hand on the elbow must travel in the same direction as the hand on the wrist.
To view one as an enemy is to see ourselves without having any wrong.
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.
Why do we bear arms at the slightest miscommunication? Our relationship with our ego craves always to be right.