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To care for others is the real martial art. To not care shows a disregard for yourself and the universe.
To care for others is the real martial art. To not care shows a disregard for yourself and the universe.
It’s less important how strong others see you. And far more important in the strength you see in yourself.
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.
The pursuit of powerful aggression within martial arts are the most often sought. This only creates more distance from one another and will never be the answer. Seek the pathless path in your journey and all will become clear in time.
Martial arts are not studied to enhance aggression, but to train the spirit to reveal flaws for ones own self correction.
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 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.
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.
A martial artist should not be measured on their ability to hurt or destroy an enemy but how they can change aggression into the art of peace.