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Be more attracted to the less aggressive side within the martial arts, control without destruction is the key.
Be more attracted to the less aggressive side within the martial arts, control without destruction is the key.
If you study the martial arts with aggression and malice this will eventually bring you to view the world from a fearful place.
To view one as an enemy is to see ourselves without having any wrong.
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.
To show compassion is one of the highest values. Strive within your martial art to make this your priority.
Respect should always be offered to the opponent first. Often this can lead an attitude of dis-harmony into a peaceful resolution.
The study of one’s posture within Aikido is as much spiritual as it is physical.
To seek the path of ego within the martial arts will seed jealousy and corruption.
To care for others is the real martial art. To not care shows a disregard for yourself and the universe.
With shomen uchi ikkyo don’t meet at the top – the person may perceive this as you defending and change the attack.