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While performing the shomen uchi Ikkyo technique you must enter in first then raise your arms, not raise your arms then enter in.
While performing the shomen uchi Ikkyo technique you must enter in first then raise your arms, not raise your arms then enter in.
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.
Learning to receive holds like nikkyo, sankyo, kotegashi etc. Is the study of extending ki out of an arm that is constantly flexible.
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.
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.
Why do we study a lifetime of fighting within the martial arts? To seek a peaceful path to enlightenment.
To hate is to know love. Strive to love over hate, if we are all to survive.
To care for others is the real martial art. To not care shows a disregard for yourself and the universe.
Why is there so much energy given to the art of war? The art of peace requires so little!
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.