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To show compassion is one of the highest values. Strive within your martial art to make this your priority.
To show compassion is one of the highest values. Strive within your martial art to make this your priority.
To train a life time acquiring skills of self-defence only to seek retribution in the destruction of others becomes a wasted journey; a path of self-destruction.
Aikido is a means of self-correction of Intention through reflection.
The study of being held strong reinforces & teaches Koichi Tohei’s 4 principles of Aikido. Relax completely (Physical) Keep one point (Spiritual) keep weight underside (Physical) Extend ki (Spiritual)
You can own a sword, display a sword or collect to sell swords. But the way of the samurai sword is only revealed to the user.
The enlightened martial artist sees no enemy but the one within.
There are constant messages guiding our paths through life. To hear we must stop our busy lives a moment and listen.
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.
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.