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Why do we study a lifetime of fighting within the martial arts? To seek a peaceful path to enlightenment.
Why do we study a lifetime of fighting within the martial arts? To seek a peaceful path to enlightenment.
To have no compassion in your martial art, shows a cover up of our most natural instinct; “fear”.
To seek the path of ego within the martial arts will seed jealousy and corruption.
Have patience while walking the path of Aikido there really is no final destination. Study sincerely in the moment for today is what matters. Tomorrow will come all too soon. Reflect in the journey this is the ultimate goal.
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.
All techniques must blend with your partner. If felt by their physical they will be resisted by their physical.
Martial Arts should not focus entirely on the destruction of an enemy but in ways it can strive to embrace the enemy.
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.
To view one as an enemy is to see ourselves without having any wrong.
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.