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Training in a martial art has no end, just a beginning.
As there are opposites such as, positive and negative, yin and yang, war and peace. We should always strive to seek the art of peace.
When performing Nikkyo to the wrist, enter and then apply the pressure to the wrist, don’t apply pressure to the wrist first.
We are all of this earth, do not fight or lay greed. The earth is plentiful if we can all learn to share it.
Have patience while walking the path of Aikido there really is no final destination. Study sincerely in the moment for today is what matters. Tomorrow will come all too soon. Reflect in the journey this is the ultimate goal.
It takes greater courage to lead by truth than to lead with fear and deception.
If you study the martial arts with aggression and malice this will eventually bring you to view the world from a fearful place.
You can own a sword, display a sword or collect to sell swords. But the way of the samurai sword is only revealed to the user.
Compassion is a powerful word. In it contains all of what is martial and what is art. Yet without the years in its study one may not come to understand its true meaning.