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To understand compassion one must first live compassionately.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
It is not aggression from the martial artist that you should fear! It’s the calm from the lack of aggression you should fear the most.
Love never destroys; hate in itself bears the scars of countless battles.
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.
Your brain doesn’t always understand what your eyes see. Training is the only option to unlock the many facets to the martial arts.
Without some form of understanding of “ki”, the brain will always interpret technique from a physical perspective.
Be more attracted to the less aggressive side within the martial arts, control without destruction is the key.
To seek the path of ego within the martial arts will seed jealousy and corruption.
Learning to be soft when intimidated is the key to progress. If the ego will not yield to the attackers physical aggression a conflict of the physical to co-exist takes place. This restricts the true concepts of Aikido to be realised.