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To understand Aikido’s many layers-consistency is the “ki”
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.
All techniques must blend with your partner. If felt by their physical they will be resisted by their physical.
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.
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.
If you study the martial arts with aggression and malice this will eventually bring you to view the world from a fearful place.
The enlightened martial artist sees no enemy but the one within.
Why do we study a lifetime of fighting within the martial arts? To seek a peaceful path to enlightenment.
The use of aggression for the martial artist is to cover up there anger and or fear. This contributes to their miss-understanding to truly know themselves.