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Respect should always be offered to the opponent first. Often this can lead an attitude of dis-harmony into a peaceful resolution.
Respect should always be offered to the opponent first. Often this can lead an attitude of dis-harmony into a peaceful resolution.
Martial Arts should not focus entirely on the destruction of an enemy but in ways it can strive to embrace the enemy.
Those who only seek destruction within the martial arts are disconnected to themselves and all fragile life.
Learning to be soft when intimidated is the key to progress. If the ego will not yield to the attackers physical aggression a conflict of the physical to co-exist takes place. This restricts the true concepts of Aikido to be realised.
To view one as an enemy is to see ourselves without having any wrong.
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.
It is not aggression from the martial artist that you should fear! It’s the calm from the lack of aggression you should fear the most.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
When performing Nikkyo to the wrist, enter and then apply the pressure to the wrist, don’t apply pressure to the wrist first.