The pursuit of powerful aggression within martial arts are the most often sought. This only creates more distance from one another and will never be the answer. Seek the pathless path in your journey and all will become clear in time.
To care for others is the real martial art. To not care shows a disregard for yourself and the universe.
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.
A martial artist should not be measured on their ability to hurt or destroy an enemy but how they can change aggression into the art of peace.
In ikkyo the hand on the elbow must travel in the same direction as the hand on the wrist.
Be more attracted to the less aggressive side within the martial arts, control without destruction is the key.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
Why do we study a lifetime of fighting within the martial arts? To seek a peaceful path to enlightenment.
Learning to receive holds like nikkyo, sankyo, kotegashi etc. Is the study of extending ki out of an arm that is constantly flexible.
