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With shomen uchi ikkyo don’t meet at the top – the person may perceive this as you defending and change the attack.
With shomen uchi ikkyo don’t meet at the top – the person may perceive this as you defending and change the attack.
Love never destroys; hate in itself bears the scars of countless battles.
To defeat an enemy with compassion over aggression will take great understanding. Introduce this as a part of your life’s philosophy.
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 are not studied to enhance aggression, but to train the spirit to reveal flaws for ones own self correction.
Martial Arts should not focus entirely on the destruction of an enemy but in ways it can strive to embrace the enemy.
Aikido is a means of self-correction of Intention through reflection.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
Look for a Sensei that can inspire you to search beyond technique. The longer you study the martial arts, clearer will be your understanding within the applied techniques.
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.