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Your brain doesn’t always understand what your eyes see. Training is the only option to unlock the many facets to the martial arts.
Your brain doesn’t always understand what your eyes see. Training is the only option to unlock the many facets to the martial arts.
When performing Nikkyo to the wrist, enter and then apply the pressure to the wrist, don’t apply pressure to the wrist first.
To win over an enemy with love is a far greater reward than to conquer the enemy with hate.
Respect should always be offered to the opponent first. Often this can lead an attitude of dis-harmony into a peaceful resolution.
To have no compassion in your martial art, shows a cover up of our most natural instinct; “fear”.
The study of one’s posture within Aikido is as much spiritual as it is physical.
Learning to receive holds like nikkyo, sankyo, kotegashi etc. Is the study of extending ki out of an arm that is constantly flexible.
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.
It’s less important how strong others see you. And far more important in the strength you see in yourself.
With shomen uchi ikkyo don’t meet at the top – the person may perceive this as you defending and change the attack.