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There are constant messages guiding our paths through life. To hear we must stop our busy lives a moment and listen.
There are constant messages guiding our paths through life. To hear we must stop our busy lives a moment and listen.
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)
The study of one’s posture within Aikido is as much spiritual as it is physical.
All techniques must blend with your partner. If felt by their physical they will be resisted by their physical.
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.
Why do we bear arms at the slightest miscommunication? Our relationship with our ego craves always to be right.
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.
When performing Nikkyo to the wrist, enter and then apply the pressure to the wrist, don’t apply pressure to the wrist first.
To seek the path of ego within the martial arts will seed jealousy and corruption.
In ikkyo the hand on the elbow must travel in the same direction as the hand on the wrist.