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To understand Aikido’s many layers-consistency is the “ki”
The enlightened martial artist sees no enemy but the one within.
All techniques must blend with your partner. If felt by their physical they will be resisted by their physical.
Within the martial arts, while competition in the form of sport exists, the art of Budo, a way of love may never be truly understood.
To defeat an enemy with compassion over aggression will take great understanding. Introduce this as a part of your life’s philosophy.
Why is there so much energy given to the art of war? The art of peace requires so little!
Learning to receive holds like nikkyo, sankyo, kotegashi etc. Is the study of extending ki out of an arm that is constantly flexible.
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.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.