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Uke’s part in trying to hold nage with strength within the technique, teaches spiritual & physical flexibility.
Uke’s part in trying to hold nage with strength within the technique, teaches spiritual & physical flexibility.
Martial arts are not studied to enhance aggression, but to train the spirit to reveal flaws for ones own self correction.
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.
It’s less important how strong others see you. And far more important in the strength you see in yourself.
To defeat an enemy with compassion over aggression will take great understanding. Introduce this as a part of your life’s philosophy.
To win over an enemy with love is a far greater reward than to conquer the enemy with hate.
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.
Why do we bear arms at the slightest miscommunication? Our relationship with our ego craves always to be right.
Martial Arts should not focus entirely on the destruction of an enemy but in ways it can strive to embrace the enemy.
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.