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To understand compassion one must first live compassionately.
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.
To defeat an enemy with compassion over aggression will take great understanding. Introduce this as a part of your life’s philosophy.
With shomen uchi ikkyo don’t meet at the top – the person may perceive this as you defending and change the attack.
The pursuit of powerful aggression within martial arts are the most often sought. This only creates more distance from one another and will never be the answer. Seek the pathless path in your journey and all will become clear in time.
Why is there so much energy given to the art of war? The art of peace requires so little!
Look for a Sensei that can inspire you to search beyond technique. The longer you study the martial arts, clearer will be your understanding within the applied techniques.
Respect should always be offered to the opponent first. Often this can lead an attitude of dis-harmony into a peaceful resolution.
The study of one’s posture within Aikido is as much spiritual as it is physical.
After a life time study in martial arts you may come to the realization that fighting or not fighting, is really the same.