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A martial artist should not be measured on their ability to hurt or destroy an enemy but how they can change aggression into the art of peace.
A martial artist should not be measured on their ability to hurt or destroy an enemy but how they can change aggression into the art of peace.
When performing Nikkyo to the wrist, enter and then apply the pressure to the wrist, don’t apply pressure to the wrist first.
In ikkyo the hand on the elbow must travel in the same direction as the hand on the wrist.
After a life time study in martial arts you may come to the realization that fighting or not fighting, is really the same.
Why do we bear arms at the slightest miscommunication? Our relationship with our ego craves always to be right.
To hate is to know love. Strive to love over hate, if we are all to survive.
Without some form of understanding of “ki”, the brain will always interpret technique from a physical perspective.
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.
Uke’s part in trying to hold nage with strength within the technique, teaches spiritual & physical flexibility.
If you study the martial arts with aggression and malice this will eventually bring you to view the world from a fearful place.