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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.
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.
When performing Nikkyo to the wrist, enter and then apply the pressure to the wrist, don’t apply pressure to the wrist first.
Without some form of understanding of “ki”, the brain will always interpret technique from a physical perspective.
It’s less important how strong others see you. And far more important in the strength you see in yourself.
With shomen uchi ikkyo don’t meet at the top – the person may perceive this as you defending and change the attack.
To have no compassion in your martial art, shows a cover up of our most natural instinct; “fear”.
The ultimate goal of Aikido attained is seeing yourself and the world through eyes that are non-confrontational.
To hate is to know love. Strive to love over hate, if we are all to survive.
Do not view martial arts as mere self-defence! You could miss out on so much more they offer.
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.