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Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
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.
To show compassion is one of the highest values. Strive within your martial art to make this your priority.
The ultimate goal of Aikido attained is seeing yourself and the world through eyes that are non-confrontational.
A martial artist should always train the mind as well as the body, but not always moving in synchronization.
After a life time study in martial arts you may come to the realization that fighting or not fighting, is really the same.
Learning to receive holds like nikkyo, sankyo, kotegashi etc. Is the study of extending ki out of an arm that is constantly flexible.
While performing the shomen uchi Ikkyo technique you must enter in first then raise your arms, not raise your arms then enter in.
When performing Nikkyo to the wrist, enter and then apply the pressure to the wrist, don’t apply pressure to the wrist first.
Treat others in the way you would like to be treated and a harmony shall exist.