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To understand compassion one must first live compassionately.
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.
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.
The study of one’s posture within Aikido is as much spiritual as it is 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 have no compassion in your martial art, shows a cover up of our most natural instinct; “fear”.
All techniques must blend with your partner. If felt by their physical they will be resisted by their physical.
We are all of this earth, do not fight or lay greed. The earth is plentiful if we can all learn to share it.