To seek the path of ego within the martial arts will seed jealousy and corruption.

After a life time study in martial arts you may come to the realization that fighting or not fighting, is really the same.

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.

We are all of this earth, do not fight or lay greed. The earth is plentiful if we can all learn to share it.

Within the martial arts, while competition in the form of sport exists, the art of Budo, a way of love may never be truly understood.

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.

Training in a martial art has no end, just a beginning.

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.

The ultimate goal of Aikido attained is seeing yourself and the world through eyes that are non-confrontational.