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The ultimate goal of Aikido attained is seeing yourself and the world through eyes that are non-confrontational.
The ultimate goal of Aikido attained is seeing yourself and the world through eyes that are non-confrontational.
To view one as an enemy is to see ourselves without having any wrong.
To show compassion is one of the highest values. Strive within your martial art to make this your priority.
To win over an enemy with love is a far greater reward than to conquer the enemy with hate.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
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.
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.
All techniques must blend with your partner. If felt by their physical they will be resisted by their physical.
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.
With shomen uchi ikkyo don’t meet at the top – the person may perceive this as you defending and change the attack.