Have patience while walking the path of Aikido there really is no final destination. Study sincerely in the moment for today is what matters. Tomorrow will come all too soon. Reflect in the journey this is the ultimate goal.
The use of aggression for the martial artist is to cover up there anger and or fear. This contributes to their miss-understanding to truly know themselves.
With shomen uchi ikkyo don’t meet at the top – the person may perceive this as you defending and change the attack.
While performing the shomen uchi Ikkyo technique you must enter in first then raise your arms, not raise your arms then enter in.
To hate is to know love. Strive to love over hate, if we are all to survive.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
Martial arts are not studied to enhance aggression, but to train the spirit to reveal flaws for ones own self correction.
Respect should always be offered to the opponent first. Often this can lead an attitude of dis-harmony into a peaceful resolution.
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.
