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.
To seek the path of ego within the martial arts will seed jealousy and corruption.
To have no compassion in your martial art, shows a cover up of our most natural instinct; “fear”.
While performing the shomen uchi Ikkyo technique you must enter in first then raise your arms, not raise your arms then enter in.
Without some form of understanding of “ki”, the brain will always interpret technique from a physical perspective.
Martial Arts should not focus entirely on the destruction of an enemy but in ways it can strive to embrace the enemy.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
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 enlightened martial artist sees no enemy but the one within.
