philosophy37
Training in a martial art has no end, just a beginning.
All techniques must blend with your partner. If felt by their physical they will be resisted by their physical.
While performing the shomen uchi Ikkyo technique you must enter in first then raise your arms, not raise your arms then enter in.
Why is there so much energy given to the art of war? The art of peace requires so little!
If you study the martial arts with aggression and malice this will eventually bring you to view the world from a fearful place.
Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.
Without some form of understanding of “ki”, the brain will always interpret technique from a physical perspective.
The enlightened martial artist sees no enemy but the one within.
In ikkyo the hand on the elbow must travel in the same direction as the hand on the wrist.
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.