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The enlightened martial artist sees no enemy but the one within.
The enlightened martial artist sees no enemy but the one within.
If you study the martial arts with aggression and malice this will eventually bring you to view the world from a fearful place.
To hate or to not hate an enemy! It starts within your mind! Train to see all from the same perspective.
Without some form of understanding of “ki”, the brain will always interpret technique from a physical perspective.
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.
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.
When performing Nikkyo to the wrist, enter and then apply the pressure to the wrist, don’t apply pressure to the wrist first.
To show compassion is one of the highest values. Strive within your martial art to make this your priority.
The study of one’s posture within Aikido is as much spiritual as it is physical.
Those who only seek destruction within the martial arts are disconnected to themselves and all fragile life.